The host, David Hillaire — aka DJ Big Rez — started as a local DJ before helping launch Seattle Indigenous radio station Daybreak Star Radio four years ago. “Rez is big time now, but we’re happy to ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Frank Waln, the 35-year-old award-winning Lakota artist and activist of Indigenous culture, has signed on as a faculty member of Western Michigan University’s Irving S. Gilmore ...

People come and go. That’s the way the game works. These artistes you see today, one day you shall see no more. It’s true for Eastern rap music. One of the side-effects of the internet age is the love ...

Lincoln Iona Malek Andrew, professionally known as Link City, an indigenous Maori from New Zealand, has defied the odds to create a unique legacy at the intersection of music, business, and culture.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Backstage at a celebration of Indigenous peoples in Mexico City's sprawling central square, Carlos CGH traced his fingers across a black and red “gabán,” which is similar to a ...

Today marks 15 years since Nigeria lost the remarkable rapper Da Grin. 5 years before its release, the Nigerian music industry lost one of the shining lights in rapper Da Grin, whose smooth ...

In the wake of the recent war between the FARC, the military and para-military forces, the current administration is attempting to distance Colombia from its recent war-torn history. At the same time, ...

In a world where mainstream music is often detached from politics or cultural identity, artists like Xiuhtezcatl Martínez offer a powerful alternative. A hip-hop singer/songwriter with Mexica — an ...

Richard Turney, AKA Richy Rich, just wants to leave his mark on Indigenous hip hop and hopes his young son will one day take up the mantle. “A lot of rappers rap about nonsense, especially about cars ...

It was well past midnight when Mihkku Laiti took to the stage at an open-air music festival in Utsjoki, a Finnish village nestled north of the Arctic Circle. Despite the hour, Lapland’s famous ...