Compton

Schutze Defends Kunkle, and That's No Crime

Summer suns and some aren't

Going steady with the singles of the summer

The good fight

Keb' Mo' makes the fat ladies get up and dance

Roadshows

Keb' Mo' makes the fat ladies get up and dance

Don't you dare call it the 'Chitlin Circuit'

With their sequined dancers, cardboard characters, and savage beauty-shop banter, Shelly Garrett's comedy plays don't get any respect from critics. But black Dallas knows better.

Beat down

Dallas' hip-hop scene is more vital than ever, but you'd never know it: no clubs, no radio, no major-label deals. But the musicians, some of this city's best, refuse to give up.

Hey, world

On the Watts Prophets and the author's days in the Writers Workshop

Blood Vow

When investigators uncovered the bodies of a Dallas mother and her young son in a makeshift Oklahoma grave, FBI agent Tase Bailey swore to bring the killer to justice

Yo Soy el Army

Uncle Sam wants you--especially if you're Latino

Bring on the Backlash!

The Arctic Monkeys kick it old school and rep for their hood. Seriously.

The Game

The Documentary (Aftermath/G-Unit (Interscope)

Rough Skies

Larry Wansley--former Marine, cop and FBI agent--has his biggest task ahead of him: making American Airlines safe from terrorism

Straight Outta Left Field

The Dallas Morning News says N.W.A. was "militant." The real answer? N.O.

Hop online

Is Russell Simmons' 360HipHop.com the best hope to bring hip-hop culture onto the Internet?

Dead man rapping

"The D.O.C." returns with a new record and a score to settle

Dour times

Portishead creates a sad poetic sound that separates dreams from reality

Echoes and Reverberations: Decadent Dub Team, Fracturing the Mash-Up

DDTers Jason Wolford, EZ Eddie D and Jeff Liles​ The puke green exterior made the Mitchell Building in Deep Ellum look like a frightening industrial shop of horrors. Far from being accidental, that's by design -- the place was actually a weapons manufacturing facility during Word War II.In the ear ... More >>

Watch: Trai'D -- "Popular (feat. Tyga)"

Trai'D​We've been following the efforts of Dallas rapper Trai'D for some time now -- since the summer of 2009, even, when he first caught our ears with his summer-loving jam "Summertime" and followed that single up with his local radio-enjoyed "Gutta Bitch."These days, though, the G4 Muzik-affilia ... More >>

The Story of N.W.A.'s "Boyz-n-the-Hood" and The First Time It Ever Earned Radio Airplay

​Today marks the 20th anniversary of John Singleton's Boyz n the Hood, the film that, in many ways, put the tragic world of Los Angeles street culture into our nation's collective consciousness. Really, it's a point relative to nothing other than the fact that it might make a few of us feel old. A ... More >>

Find Inspiration in the Lake

​Today marks the 20th anniversary of John Singleton's Boyz n the Hood, the film that, in many ways, put the tragic world of Los Angeles street culture into our nation's collective consciousness. Really, it's a point relative to nothing other than the fact that it might make a few of us feel old. A ... More >>

Purple Hazed

Pledge took beating, not oath, to become Omega Psi Phi.