Megan Piphus's new hip-hop album features 10 "real" kids and five voiced by her. (Courtesy of Sir the Baptist & Audri Johnson for Temple/Mays Playground) A few years ago, Megan Piphus became the first ...

Of all the costs of new parenthood–stretch marks, lost sleep, depleted funds–the most traumatic is to one’s ears. You spend years curating a hip CD collection, then–wham!–your life becomes a death ...

Last year I got a press kit and CD from Madison's Kiddo Publishing about a group called The Figureheads, a hip hop trio who makes music for kids. (They also make music for adults, but I was more ...

The Oakland High Hip Hop Club held its first CD release party at school last week to showcase its first CD titled "The Fifth Element -- Volume 1." Members of The Fifth Element Hip Hop Club wrote, ...

Megan Piphus's new hip-hop album features 10 "real" kids and five voiced by her. (Courtesy of Sir the Baptist & Audri Johnson for Temple/Mays Playground) A few years ago, Megan Piphus became the first ...

Michelle Obama's latest attempt to promote her anti-childhood obesity campaign? A hip-hop album release. No, she won't be rapping. But she will be popping up in cameos for the album's music videos.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Chanell Ketchmore and her brother, Troy Ketchmore, believe hip-hop is more than just music -- it's a culture. "Breakdancing, rap, fashion, you name it," said Troy Ketchmore, a ...