Hip Hop

Missy Elliott launched her music career in an R&B group called Fayze. Her childhood friend,

She was a well-respected figure in British hip hop, and made an impact with American hip hop audiences.

Marcus Reeves has written about pop music, Black youth culture and politics for over 20 years.

Robert “Meek Mill” Williams is a Grammy-nominated recording artist, entrepreneur and criminal justice reform advocate that hails from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mill evolved from Philadelphia’s...

Melanie Fiona Hallim, known professionally as Melanie Fiona, is a Canadian R&B recording artist with Guyanese background.

Mayor Allen launched his music career in January of 2012. His first single “Party All Night Long”.

Monica Denise Brown, professionally known as Monica, is an American R&B recording artist and entertainer.

The Billboard Top Ten songs chart for 1995 contains the following names: Coolio, TLC.

Michael Dinwiddie is an associate professor at the Gallatin School, NYU, where he teaches courses in dramatic writing, cultural studies, and African American theatre. He holds an M.F.A. in Dramatic…

Melyssa Ford has been a fixture in the realm of entertainment for well over a decade. Ford can currently be seen on Bravo’s hit reality docu-series Blood, Sweat & Heels,…

Michael Skolnik is an entrepreneur, an activist, a storyteller and a proud father. From 2009-2015, Michael served as the President of GlobalGrind.com, a multi-million dollar news website founded by hip-hop…

Massive Monkees are a Hip Hop crew that came together as a group of grade school friends who enjoyed dancing, playing and creating art together. 16 years later, the essence…

Malik Yoba is an award-winning actor, a playwright and a published author. He composes and performs original music and is a gifted singer, lyricist and poet. He’s a sex symbol.…

Method Man was the first -- and biggest -- solo star to emerge from the groundbreaking Wu-Tang Clan. His mush-mouthed, sandpaper-rough bellow (at times recalling EPMD's Erick Sermon) and imaginative…

MC Lyte is a highly sought-after speaker who has over 25 years of experience and wisdom and who delivers her inspirational messages to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. MC…

Named by Essence magazine as one of the 50 most inspiring African Americans in the U.S., Michael Eric Dyson is also a best-selling author, one of the nation's most renowned…

Talent can be defined in a myriad of ways. It can be an innate gift or a learned proficiency. Occasionally, it's a potent mixture of both, which happens to be…

Poet and performer Mayda Del Valle has been described by the Chicago Sun Times as having “a way with words. Sometimes they seem to flutter and roll off her lips.…