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The following links are excellent resources for information on Hip Hop culture, music, and artists. 

HIP HOP-BASED RESOURCES

 

For research on the origins of Hip Hop culture, its founding fathers, as well as politics, spirituality, social issues,  current events and the entertainment industry as they relate to the culture of Hip Hop:

 

  • ZULU NATION
  • TEMPLE OF HIP HOP
  • RAP STATION
  • DAVEY D
  • ROCK STEADY CREW
  • OLD SCHOOL HIP HOP
  • THE FOUR ELEMENTS
  • GRIND MODE MAGAZINE

    Grind Mode Entertainment Media/Grind Mode Magazine's goal is to UNITE the masses within the music industry, underground and mix tape sector.

  • WHO SHOT YA!
  • RAP PHOTOS

    Photography documenting the history of Hip Hop culture.

  • HIP OR HOP

    Resource for live "old school" C.D.'s from the Cold Crush Brothers, Doug E. Fresh, Force M.C.'s, etc...

    Featured Documentaries:

    Afrika Bambaataa Interview       Kool Herc Interview

    Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five                                                 

    Part 1: Hip Hop - Beyond Beats and Rhymes

    Part 2: Hip Hop - Beyond Beats and Rhymes

    • ARTISTS

    The following Hip Hop and Soul artists are innovative and push the creative envelope while maintaining a level of social responsibility and accountability: Some of them are well known while others are underground but all of them are refreshing alternatives to what the mainstream offers the youth.

    HIP HOP

  • LITTLE EGYPT
  • JURASSIC 5
  • DJ DREZ
  • PUBLIC ENEMY
  • TALIB KWELI
  • SPEARHEAD VIBRATIONS
  • GARDEN SEEKER PRODUCTIONS
  • K-OS
  • SPITKICKER
  • ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD
  • X CLAN MILLENNIUM CIPHER
  • QUEEN YONASDA
  • QUANNUM
  • SUBLIMINAL
  • NEMISS and at NEMISS ON MYSPACE
  • SHAMBHALA TRUE and at SHAMBHALA TRUE ON MYSPACE
  • BASHEBA EARTH and at BASHEBA EARTH ON MYSPACE
  • STAHHR THA FEMCEE and at STAHHR THA FEMCEE ON MYSPACE
  • RHAMAN JAMAAL
  • HAKIM TAFARI
  • ALKHEMI JONES
  • JAX
  • ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
  • YOUNG RABBI
  • SOULFLOWER
  • PHACE ORICALZ
  • EKUNDAYO THE MOUNTENLIUN
  • MAHESS aka DARK TRUTH
  • AMUN MIRAAJ
  • NOKOMIS SOUL MUSIC
  • METAPHYSIC

    SOUL

  • EBONY JACKSON and at EBONY JACKSON on Myspace
  • LA’AERIEL and at LA’AERIEL on Myspace
  • SY SMITH and at SY SMITH on Myspace
  • GOAPELE and at GOAPELE on Myspace
  • SONS OF LIGHT
  • STEVE SPACEK and at STEVE SPACEK on Myspace
  • KUKU and at KUKU on Myspace
  • DANIELLE SCOTT and at DANIELLE SCOTT on Myspace
  • SPEECH and at SPEECH on Myspace
  • KIMBERLY HOLLOWAY
  • MALCOLM JAMAL WARNER and MALCOLM JAMAL WARNER on Myspace
  • FERTILE GROUND and at FERTILE GROUND on Myspace
  • KINDRED THE FAMILY SOUL
  • MODERN GROOVE ASSEMBLY on Myspace
  • AHSABI MONIQUE
  • ESKA
  • LALIN ST. JUSTE on Myspace
  • ERYKAH BADU and at ERYKAH BADU on Myspace
  • CHINA MOSES
  • PIXEL MUZIK
  • INES
  • JAHI KEARSE
  • DJ LYNNEE DENISE
  • BILAL SALAAM on Myspace
  • W. ELLINGTON FELTON on Myspace
  • KEMI BENNINGS and at KEMI BENNINGS on Myspace
  • RYAN NICOLE aka RYE on Myspace
  • AARIES on Myspace
  • KIM HILL on Myspace
  • KIMBERLY HOLLOWAY and at KIMBERLY HOLLOWAY on Myspace
  • KHARI LEMUEL on Myspace
  • NAILAH on Myspace
  • YAW on Myspace
  • TUNJI
  • J SOUL and at J SOUL on Myspace

    • HIP HOP AND SOUL ARTISTS ARE WELCOME TO SUBMIT THEIR MUSIC/LINKS.  THE FOUNDATION WILL REVIEW THE CONTENT AND CONTACT YOU IF IT HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR SUBMISSION.