Detroit’s rap scene is as raw and resilient as the city itself. Known for its blue-collar roots and unshakable pride, the D has produced some of the most innovative and impactful artists in Hip Hop.
Detroit rapper Skilla Baby was reportedly shot in an alleged targeted drive-by shooting on Thursday. The 26-year-old artist, real name Trevon Gardner, was driving in a black SUV on Eight Mile Road in ...
Kiss coined the term “Detroit Rock City” nearly 50 years ago, but this weekend it’s Detroit Rap City with a batch of major concerts, including a couple ...
As red and blue light reflected off the historic home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Sunday night, some of the city's most influential rappers from Detroit gathered for "A Night with the Orchestra" ...
Hip-hop celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, and Detroit-based photographer Andre Smith has been around for all of it. Now he’s put his work, and others, together for an exhibit, “Hip Hop ...
Kiss coined the term “Detroit Rock City” nearly 50 years ago, but this weekend it’s Detroit Rap City with a batch of major concerts, including a couple ...
Rapper Snap Dogg is bringing his larger than life energy back into the world of boxing, but this time as a promoter instead of a fighter. “Yeah, I’m basically on my Floyd shit,” Snap Dogg says. Snap ...
Hip-hop is more than the world’s most dominant musical genre — it’s a culture that spans across colors, creeds, and several generations. For every moment, there are people in front that are the voices ...
Previously unpublished photos, shot by Patricia Beck and recently unearthed from the Detroit Free Press' archive of film negatives, provide a rare glimpse into the Hip Hop Shop scene three decades on.
Two Detroit-area rappers — Cash Kidd and Sada Baby — have resolved their criminal court cases by each entering a plea to a lesser charge. Sada Baby, aka Casada Sorrell, 32, of Detroit, entered a plea ...