Jeff Chang

The Creativity Stimulus The Creativity Stimulus

Creating jobs for artists--good for the economy and even better for the imagination.

Hip-hop star M.I.A. broadcasts the sound of those with one foot in the First World and the other in the global South.

There's a big difference between the misogynous hip-hop produced by big media and the hip-hop that moves a generation.

Jay-Z, self-styled savior of hip-hop, is the face of the new establishment.

Fifteen years ago, rappers like Public Enemy, KRS-One and Queen Latifah were received as heralds of a new movement.