Hip Hop & Rap

Resources in this category:

All Hip Hop
http://www.allhiphop.com/

AllHipHop.com has become a valuable resource for hip-hop on the Internet, featuring daily news, interviews, reviews, multimedia, a fast growing community and other interesting content.

BET
http://www.bet.com/

Find out the latest on the Rap/Hip Hop scene.

Hip Hop Game
http://www.hiphopgame.com/mainpage.php3

HipHopGame.com provides exclusive interviews and in-depth reviews of the people and music impacting the urban streets of America. This site is heavy with advertisement, popups, and flashing ads.

Hip Hop Research Portal
http://www.hiphopportal.net/

This searchable database attempts to provide bibliographic access to published resources about Hip Hop culture including MC’s, D.J’s, Break dancing, and Graffiti.

Hip Hop Style: What is Cool?
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/infocus/fashion/hiphop.html

This online documentary revisits the evolution of Hip Hop's influence on fashion over the past twenty years.

Experience Music Project's Hip Hop Timeline
http://www.empsfm.org/exhibitions/index.asp?articleID=664

The Experience Music Project, a Seattle museum, offers an excellent interactive timeline covering the first two decades of Hip Hop, from its Bronx beginnings in the 1970s until 1992.

MTV Online
http://www.mtv.com/

This is MTV's official site with current news, animation, music reviews, weekly schedule, buzz clips, etc. Definitely not for the slow of modem.

Music.org.za
http://www.music.org.za/

Provides information about South African musical artists and general information to support regional music as well as to educate an international audience.

Pan-African Hip Hop
http://www.africanhiphop.com/

Formerly known as Rumba-Kali and Motherland Funk, this page features new and archived articles on hip-hop music in Africa, reviews of African hip-hop artists, interviews with prominent figures of the musical community, as well as a calendar of events. The site covers hip-hop scenes reaching from Tanzania to South Africa and Liberia. This page also links to Rumba-Kali radio.

Rapstation
http://www.rapstation.com/

A regularly updated Web site dedicated to news and discussion about rap music. Features include the site's own television programs, music videos and streaming radio, interviews with artists; concert information; information the music industry and help for aspiring artists; editorial essays; and mp3s available for downloading.

SOHH
http://www.sohh.com/

Deemed as the Best Hip Hop site by Rolling Stone Magazine, SOHH.com provides daily news and features on the performers and record labels within the industry. This site takes a long time to load, especially on a dial-up connection. It does have popups attached.

URB1
http://www.urb1.com/main.html

The first Hip Hop fashion website to appear online, URB1 provides the latest news, rumors, and interviews within the Hip Hop Fashion World.