Death Wish Mixtape: Sounding Trayvon Martin’s Death

by R.N. Bradley for Sounding Out!: Sound Studies Blog Published on March 26, 2012 “Many men wish death up on me/ … More

Davey D Made a Mixtape: Hip Hop Songs You Should Know As We Celebrate Black History (Volume 1)

Davey D. made a Black History Month mixtape, celebrating Hip Hop, Songs You Should Know As We Celebrate Black History … More

2013 DMC in Denver

Million Hoodies Candlelight Vigil for Trayvon Martin

Emery Petchauer [a.k.a DJ Ill-Literate] on “The Last Holiday”

On the Assembly Line: Gil Scott-Heron’s “The Last Holiday” by Emery Petchauer for the Los Angeles Review of Books The … More

Illusion Created with Cassette Tape

The Schomburg’s Hip-Hop 4.0 Initiatives

Higher Learning is presented as part of the Schomburg’s Hip-Hop 4.0 Initiative to examine the ways educators are using hip-hop … More

TODAY: The Writings of Skyzoo: An Intimate Evening of Storytelling

Tonight, Skyzoo will present his LIVE Jazz concert experience ‘The Writings of Skyzoo’ at Harlem’s new hotspot MIST Harlem. Skyzoo will … More

Happy President’s Day, Peeps!

1. Intro 2. David Banner, Busta Rhymes & Talib Kweli – “Black President (Rmx Pt. 1)” 3. Barack Obama – … More

My Students Rapping

Royan Lee is a teacher leader in the York Region District School Board, Ontario, Canada. Currently an intermediate literacy teacher … More

Sonic Borders Virtual Panel: Theo Cateforis’s “No Control, or: How I Learned to Start Worrying about Sound” from IASPM-US

In high school I was that guy. The one who spent every spare penny at the local record stores. The one who … More

DJ Red Alert & DJ T-Wrex present

Hip-Hop Hijabis, a film about Poetic Pilgrimage

A feature documentary about Poetic Pilgrimage, two Muslim converts promoting women’s rights through music, and their journey to find their … More

Homeboy Sandman on “Tashay,” Gun Violence and Rapathon 2013

This week, the re-release of Homeboy Sandman’s song “Tashay” has set the internet on fire and helped kickstart the Road … More

Esurance Shows the Mixtape Museum Some Love

Esurance, one of the top names in auto insurance, released a commercial during the 2012 Olympics featuring the Mixtape. We … More

Apollo 14: The Mixtape that Went to the Moon

We thought selling mixtapes was illegal; this one has a $200 price tag. Included in an upcoming auction of … More

“THE END THE VIOLENCE RAPATHON” For Harlem Mothers Save

The Hip Hop Culture Center (H2C2) brings The Rapathon back to Harlem in an effort to help End Gun Violence. … More

Happy Birthday Kid Capri!

Kid Capri & Chief Rocker Starchild – Live at National Black Theater (Side A). Courtesy of our Mixtape Librarian, Tapemasta. This is … More

9th Wonder: W.E.B. Du Bois Institute HipHop Archive Fellow Colloquium

Kool DJ Red Alert Talks DJs and the Origin of the Mixtape

Hip Hop pioneer Kool DJ Red Alert talks to Enveonline about his start in the hip hop culture. He recalls … More

Video Music Box 30th Anniversary Kick-off at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Khalil Gibran Muhammad intro @ The Schomburg Center #30YearsOfVideoMusicBox. Salute Uncle Ralph McDaniels. instagr.am/p/VXotFOQEDZ/ — richmedina (@richmedina) February 6, 2013 … More

Excerpted from One Nation Under a Groove?: Music, Sonic Borders, and the Politics of Vibration: Although one could argue that … More

Rakim & Raekwon Live at Stage 48 | Music by Kid Capri & Pete Rock

Change In The Game: The Art. [The Mixtape.] The Audience. The Artist. The Change.

A3C Hip-Hop Festival, Wonderroot & Atlanta Film Festival present: A short film by w. feagins, jr. commissioned by A3C for … More

Happy House Records

Tips on Preserving Audio Cassette Tapes

We promised we would provide information on how to care for your mixtape/cassette collections. Here it is! by Amy … More

Words Beats & Life Anniversary Party (2013)

2013 HIPHOP LITERACIES CONFERENCE: PEDAGOGIES FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

hiphopeducation: 2013 HIPHOP LITERACIES CONFERENCE: PEDAGOGIES FOR SOCIAL CHANGE PRESENTED BY THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE KING ARTS COMPLEX, THE … More