The increased migration of Africans and the global growth of hip hop culture has seen a dynamic new generation of Pan Africanism emerge.
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Both Black Panther and Beyoncé's Black is King represent a utopian vision of empowerment and connection to Africa.
From a quiet start to cultural dominance, Beyoncé's work over the last decade is groundbreaking. But it is also filled with questions and contradictions.
The history of recorded music has been marked by endless artistic and technological changes. While music labels persist, digital technology has profoundly altered why they exist and how they work.
Teeming with references to African culture and experience, the couple's latest work places 'blackness'at the heart of the Western canon.
Donald Glover's music video is a multi-layered political statement which aims to kick its audience out of its complacency.
The moral failures of a creative artist shouldn't make their work any less valid.
In 1997 Pippilotti Rist walked down a street of cars and smashed their windows in a vivaciously feminist call to arms. You might recognise the homage to Risk's work in Beyoncé's Lemonade.
From The Smiths to Kendrick Lamar, Conversation readers tell us their favourite albums.
In 4:44, his 13th album, Jay-z gets confessional and socio-political, challenging traditional notions of Black male bravado and masculinity.
The singer has been criticised for 'fetishising' motherhood. But by disrupting stereotypes she is striking a major blow for black women.
Unlike Beyoncé, a group of Australian women documenting their own pregnancies captured mundane images of track pants, barren wardrobes and self-portraits in a bathroom mirror.
How to challenge centuries of bigotry with a single image – and bump Trump off the front pages.
T in the Park is on the rocks. So what else is new?
Results of the first large-scale study to specifically investigate the musical features that might increase the 'earworminess' of a song.
When a celebrity runs for president, do celebrity endorsements matter? A survey of likely voters shows how tricky it can be to mix celebrity and politics.
By offering single platforms exclusive rights for their new albums, some musicians are streaming against the tide.
The MTV music video awards will be held on Sunday, putting this under-rated genre in the spotlight. Videos are inseparable from music in the digital age and the best examples deserve to be taken seriously as works of art.
Hip hop is starting to be used in schools and in the community in creative and diverse ways.
From Beyoncé and Lady Gaga to Kanye and even Rihanna, pop royalty is crazy for high art. Is this a phenomenon worth celebrating or are pop stars mining the art world to gain credibility?
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