BALTIMORE (AP) — When you step into the gallery at University of Maryland, Baltimore County's Fine Arts Building, one of the first things you see is a large multicolored graph on the wall. On it are ...

Tahir Hemphill was immersed in a technical environment at a very young age. He attended specialized schools and eventually pursued a dual-degree engineering program at Morehouse College and the ...

Installation view of Tahir Hemphill: Rap Research Lab at the Center for Art, Design & Visual Culture at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (all images courtesy the artist, photos by Tedd Henn) ...

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, ...

The vibe coming from the rap lab at Manual High School is infectious and contagious, thanks to former student and rap artist Trayosha Decker. Decker graduated from Manual in 2019 but continues to ...

Rap Research Lab continues what hip hop has been doing for the past half century: playfully rearranging the words, sounds, and textures of postwar American pop music. Installation view of Tahir ...

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, ...