Buffy Sainte-Marie is one of the most prolific singer-songwriters of the past century. For 60 years her music has quietly... more

One of the most popular rappers in America isn’t American. But this podcast isn’t really about him. Drake’s success is... more

Drake is the poster boy of Toronto, although the city's hip-hop scene was thriving long before it became known to... more

Even as its popularity grew, hip-hop was ignored by most commercial radio. DJs and artists intervened and underground mixtapes became... more

This episode contains explicit lyrics. Hip-hop feminists took the alpha male rapper and his critics to task in the 90s and... more

It's pretty common to hear rap and R&B influences on the same track, but that wasn’t always the case. Hip-hop... more

Host Ty Harper examines how making this podcast during a pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests has underlined the... more

This is a story about hip-hop and how its journey to mainstream dominance gave us Drake in the first place.... more