Hip Hop

Yami 'Rowdy' Löfvenberg has difficulty understanding numbers, and couldn't read an analogue clock until she was 18, yet needs to count beats for her art. The award-winning British-based hip-hop artist… Audio, Gallery

AI is now being used to create 'deepfake' songs by deceased artists using data scraped from the internet. Music reviewer Graham Reid discusses the emerging world of fake singers, singing songs the… Audio

For the past few years Callum 'Rei' McDougall has been injecting more te reo in his music. It's been an exploration of his mum's Ngati Huia side, and his dad's Scottish roots. Rei won Best Hip Hop… Video, Audio

RNZ Music were lucky enough to record a series of amazing live sessions at Neil Finn's Roundhead Studios New Zealand First up it's Persian/Kiwi rapper CHAII! Video, Audio

RNZ Music's new video series NZ Hip Hop Stand Up launches today and our hip hop cultural ambassador, Brad Warrington joins us once again with a look at the series and some more great tracks. Video, Audio

A study from the University of Missouri has shown that bubbly pop music now has just as much lyrical aggression as its rock and hip hop counterparts. Dr Cynthia Frisby joins the show to look at the… Audio

West Auckland rapper and hip hop artist Tom Scott won Album of the Year and Best Hip Hop Artist at last month's New Zealand Music Awards. His album, Avantdale Bowling Club is a fusion of jazz and hip… Video, Audio

Auckland hip hop artist Samson Pax introduces us to his track 'Coast' Audio

Controversy erupted this week when 'Old Town Road' by Atlanta Rapper Lil Nas X was removed from the Billboard Country charts for not being Country enough. Yadana Saw talks to country music critic and… Audio

Hip-hop, Dancehall, Afro-fusion and Ugandan dance - they're all in the repertoire of visiting Ugandan dance artist Antonio Bukhar and he's offering to share his moves with young Auckland dancers. The… Audio, Gallery

Musician and author Gareth Shute talks to Jesse about the pivotal points in the evolution of hip hop in Aotearoa. Audio, Gallery

Nick Bollinger considers why Atlanta hip-hop trio Migos might be this generation's Beatles. Audio

Hip hop is built on values of social justice, peace, self-worth, community, and having fun, according to Dr Alexander Crooke from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Video, Audio

Is Kendrick Lamar the greatest living rapper? Nick Bollinger weighs up the evidence. Audio

A new generation of female hip-hop artists are changing the game, says an Auckland ethnomusicologist. Video, Audio

North Carolina PHD student A.D. Carson presented his thesis as a 34 track rap album. He joins Melody Thomas to talk  race relations, the politics of language, and the influence of hip-hop. Video, Audio

Kanye West is in hospital after calling off his concert in California midway through. He's said to be exhausted and in need of a break. Audio