With hip-hop being so new, shoe brands were still ... attire being popularized by the likes of Queen Latifah and other Afrocentric rappers like her, it was especially common for the leather ...

The genius synergy of traditional hip-hop, jazz and soul ... you’d probably recognise their distinct ‘mascot’- an Afrocentric ...

“It was a specific type of rap called Afrocentric rap, which has a strong political focus and was made famous by the duo Public Enemy, that propelled academic interest in hip-hop,” says Gutierrez, who ...

asked A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip on the rap group's 1990 debut album, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, a breakthrough in what became known as Afrocentric hip-hop.

Digable Planets is credited for playing a role in shaping jazz-rap by sampling Herbie Hancock, Eddie Harris, Sonny Rollins and other jazz greats. The trio is also recognized for contributing to the ...