The hip-hop community saw some acts as not embracing the genre's Black roots. For over 50 years, the hip-hop world has presented fans with hits that have reflected Black culture. But as the genre ...

Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter steps into new territory as writer and director of a new hip-hop film. The project uses ...

Here and elsewhere, it is hard to assess how the film defines the rap politic: Is it pro-Black ... with the White House as a public relations arena, not a policy-making one. "Hip-hop's mostly ...

EXCLUSIVE: Andscape, the Black multimedia platform from Disney ... the series’ first title to launch will be the documentary Hip-Hop and the White House, premiering April 22.

The brevity of Hip-Hop and the White House doesn’t allow a whole lot of space to develop the points it makes. But it highlights the election of Barack Obama as a watershed moment for Black ...

He’ll be writing and directing an immersive film centered around “hip-hop’s soul.” The project, co-produced by Questlove, ...

which explores the massive influence of Black culture on American society. The franchise premiere is the documentary feature HIP-HOP AND THE WHITE HOUSE, directed by Jesse Washington and featuring ...

Hip-Hop and the White House, a documentary produced by Andscape ... out George Bush for failing to care about the welfare of black people. This remark sent shock waves throughout society as ...

A panel discussion followed — featuring influential hip-hop and media figures from ... “I just think it’s harder — the black and the white, you know.” Of course, after the 1990 rebrand ...

Toward the end of the decade, organizers in New York and beyond started organizing hip-hop benefit concerts to advocate for Black liberation and the release of political prisoners. The movement ...