Adam Bradley is a study in contrasts: a hip-hop expert who grew up in Salt Lake City, dissecting the literary devices of Shakespeare in one breath and Slick Rick in the next. He teaches in English, ...

As the curtain fell on Hamilton at a recent Saturday matinee, an applauding Barack Obama leapt to his feet. The hip-hop Broadway musical, which Lin-Manuel Miranda ambitiously adapted from Pulitzer ...

Sitting in a homely bistro on Malcolm X Boulevard, music journalist Greg Tate is bundled up in a peaked beanie, bright yellow scarf, and plenty of padded layers. His threads offer protection from the ...