Three members of New Orleans’ distinct hip-hop canon have combined their talents and formed a new triumvirate. Cheeky Blakk, Choppa and DJ Jubilee are now a trio called Bounce Royalty. Today (June 17) ...

BJ So Cole doesn’t give up easily. If he wants it, he’s going to go for it. And if it doesn’t work out the first time, he’ll try again and again. That persistence is paying off for the New Orleans ...

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The "King of Bounce" Ha Sizzle talks about his style of New Orleans bounce music and his reactions to hearing his music played on Saints gamedays in the Caesars Superdome on Sounds of New Orleans ...

Big Freedia may be best known as the queen of bounce music, a New Orleans icon, and the standout feature on Beyonce's "Break My Soul." For now, anyway. With her new album, Pressing Onward, she just ...

Iggy Azalea is not slowing down anytime soon. Only three weeks after releasing her new single "Can't Lose," the 26-year-old rapper has dropped another jam -- and a NSFW video to go with it. "My new ...

Right now, Big Freedia is at the top of her career. In the past five years, the bounce musician has been sampled on Beyoncé’s banger, “Formation” (she’s the one saying, “I came to slay, bitch”), and ...

This year, the world is celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, one of the most significant cultural movements of the 20th century. Although there’s no exact date for the birth of hip-hop — and ...

Ari Shapiro has been one of the hosts of All Things Considered, NPR's flagship afternoon newsmagazine, since 2015. He has been a question on Jeopardy and an answer in the New York Times crossword ...