Hip Hop

West Auckland rapper and hip hop artist Tom Scott won Album of the Year and Best Hip Hop Artist at last month's New Zealand Music Awards. His album, Avantdale Bowling Club is a fusion of jazz and hip… Video, Audio

Auckland hip hop artist Samson Pax introduces us to his track 'Coast' Audio

Controversy erupted this week when 'Old Town Road' by Atlanta Rapper Lil Nas X was removed from the Billboard Country charts for not being Country enough. Yadana Saw talks to country music critic and… Audio

Hip-hop, Dancehall, Afro-fusion and Ugandan dance - they're all in the repertoire of visiting Ugandan dance artist Antonio Bukhar and he's offering to share his moves with young Auckland dancers. The… Audio, Gallery

Musician and author Gareth Shute talks to Jesse about the pivotal points in the evolution of hip hop in Aotearoa. Audio, Gallery

Nick Bollinger considers why Atlanta hip-hop trio Migos might be this generation's Beatles. Audio

Hip hop is built on values of social justice, peace, self-worth, community, and having fun, according to Dr Alexander Crooke from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Video, Audio

Is Kendrick Lamar the greatest living rapper? Nick Bollinger weighs up the evidence. Audio

A new generation of female hip-hop artists are changing the game, says an Auckland ethnomusicologist. Video, Audio

North Carolina PHD student A.D. Carson presented his thesis as a 34 track rap album. He joins Melody Thomas to talk  race relations, the politics of language, and the influence of hip-hop. Video, Audio

Kanye West is in hospital after calling off his concert in California midway through. He's said to be exhausted and in need of a break. Audio

Poet, rapper, writer and youth mentor Dominic Hoey picks some verbose and subversive music for the RNZ Music Mixtape. Video, Audio

More than 20 years have passed since Wu-Tang Clan released Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), but it still resonates today. Wu-Tang's de-facto leader RZA talks to Emma Smith about the ups and downs of… Audio