A local gallery owner and Indiana Jones-type, Keith Barton, has just returned from six weeks of traveling through nine countries in West and North Africa, searching for elusive ethnographic treasures.

he story of Black Benjie and the Ghetto Brothers is “a prequel to hip-hop,” explains Chuck D — best known as the frontman of Public Enemy, the rebels without a pause who brought fiery social ...

The blaxploitation films of the Seventies became bywords for crass stereotyping. But a new book argues that the movies were essential in highlighting African-American issues. Ian Burrell reports ...

That's how you get Dennis Coffey and Luchi De Jesus overlaying a bizarre, almost kazoo-esque scat-singing chorus over the theme from Black Belt Jones and Marvin Gaye pushing the envelope for 1972 ...

The Normal Theater is partnering with ISU to present a film series: Can You Dig It? Exploring Race, Representation, and Culture in Blaxploitation Films.

Benjamin “Yellow Benjy” Melendez and the Ghetto Brothers brokered a truce among 50 gangs that led to safer streets, a flourishing of public art and, ultimately, the birth of hip-hop.

The Art Angle Podcast: The Most Astounding Archaeology Revelations of 2021 (Can You Dig It?) Writer Sarah Cascone delves into new revelations in the world of old stuff. Stonehenge at sunrise in 2015.

Audible released the trailer for its new Chuck D narrated five-part series, "Can You Dig It?: A Hip-Hop Origin Story," premiering on Aug. 10.

Can you dig it? Audiences will decide when the film arrives in theaters June 14. ... Indeed, in 1971 black lead roles were scarce in the movies — and most of them seemed to go to Sidney Poitier.

Audible Releases Trailer For Hip-Hop-Inspired Series, ‘Can You Dig It?’ Narrated By Chuck D With so many projects commemorating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, another one has been announced ...