That question – an eternal inquiry in the story of Black Americans – is the anchor for most of hip-hop's relationship with the American flag.

At the peak of their powers, OutKast’s 2000 album Stankonia‘s contents are just as riveting as its notorious album cover where they pose in front of a black and white American flag.

It introduced many in the world of hip-hop to Black theology, ... At the time of this album’s release in 1994, hip-hop was going through a transformation from Afrocentric ... American flag: The ...

Black Love Oakland: Profanity-free hip-hop album for the community. Tucked below West Oakland's Nimitz Freeway lies a recording studio in an area steeped with Black history.

Next month, the young Florida underground rap veteran Denzel Curry will release his new album King of the Mischievous South Vol. 2, the sequel to a mixtape that the teenage Curry released way back ...

From DJ Kool Herc and The Last Poets to Prophets of Da City and Mode 9, here’s how African history has influenced hip-hop – and vice-versa – 50 years after the genre was born.

Inside Hip-Hop’s Evergreen Tension with the American Flag. Billboard spoke with esteemed cultural critics to break down the complex dynamic between Black hip-hop (and hip-hop-adjacent) artists ...