The Black Opera doesn’t actually sing opera. But the Detroit hip-hop duo makes music that’s often just as dark and dramatic. The two men behind the moniker, Magestik Legend and Jamall Bufford, don’t ...

On this day in 2001, MTV premiered Carmen: A Hip Hopera, a genre-bending, culture-shifting reinterpretation of Georges Bizet’s classic opera Carmen—with a Hip Hop twist that made waves through both ...

A rock musical for a new generation tells the gospel in MTV language—for better or for worse. I doubt if many Christians have watched a dramatization of Christ’s passion and thought, “You know what ...

The Springfield Symphony Orchestra is stretching into multiple genres and allowing budding musicians a chance to work with the professionals for its first concert of 2025 “Symphonic Fusion: ...

You may remember Beyoncé’s Carmen: A Hip Hopera—if you don’t, google it. The MTV production set the bar for “hip hopera” (hip hop and opera) by completely changing the game. Now, Regina King is ...

As famed streamer and influencer IShowSpeed stood atop the roof of Hyphy Burger in September, millions of fans from around the world tuned in. Hundreds more stood on the streets of West Oakland below.

All the same, these are some of moments that brought Berkshire audiences together this year. Nas and the Pops cross the hip-hop Rubicon In a Popular Artist Series that saw brilliant performances from ...

When I first saw Lorenzo "Rennie" Harris' Puremovement dance company in 2000 it was in the award-winning hip-hop opera "Rome & Jewels." I was blown away with how masterfully Harris had elevated a ...