Errol A. Henderson's essay examines the cultural impact of this music, and suggests that its Afrocentric elements can create positive change.

Find a variety of hip-hop flavored comix for online enjoyment or purchase. Includes a selection of hip-hop inspired Shockwave games.

Offers a collection of articles culled from US papers that review, rate, and rant about hip-hop, its major players and the music industry.

Comic animators Secret Service and Dojoe 13 offer a graphically-intense, hip-hop flavored vision of the future.

Offers original photos of hip-hop stars and models. Includes Puffy, Mase, Missy, Aaliyah, Monica, Dru Hill, Busta, Wyclef, B.I.G. and Imajin.

Features articles detailing the careers of prominent DJs and MCs. Check out the graffiti gallery, chat room and links to radio shows.

Enter for news on hip-hop artists, new record releases, MP3's and photos.

Explore the roots of modern rap music and read about the emergence of hip hop culture.

Learn the rhyme and reason to rap music by checking this entry in Microsoft's online encyclopedia.

Preservation organization presents educational forums about hip-hop culture. Subscribe to receive news via email.

Independent music center offers Scratch Magazine, a university, and a newsstand to teach artists and bands how to maneuver in the music industry.

Collective of artists, industry types, and fans of hip-hop music that are also queer in sexual orientation. Read the FAQ and the "dis list."

Aims to weave the details of rap's history, culture, and political implications into a general philosophy. Lists rap's weekly Billboard charts.

From the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, this unit on rap history features student activities. With a bibliography.