Sam Collier is a child of hip-hop and R&B. Growing up, the 35-year-old pastor of Story Church Atlanta fed on the music of Tupac, Biggie and OutKast. So perhaps it’s no surprise that when Collier first ...

Twenty-two years ago, a new kind of music emerged — gospel hip hop. But it wasn't embraced by rap fans or even by churches. Reporter Charles Lane was there quite a few years later when gospel hip hop ...

In 2018, Cardi B challenged proponents of the #MeToo, #SayHerName and the Hollywood #TimesUp movements about their bias and respectability politics when she told us the music industry was an unsafe ...

Rap pioneer Kurtis Blow is taking his Hip-Hop Church America on the road for a concert in Southern California. The Harlem-based initiative will hold a concert from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 21 at the ...

From civil rights to hip hop : a meditation / Alton B. Pollard III -- Dissed-enfranchised : the Black church under the steeple / Joshua Hutchinson -- Chasing a dream deferred : from movement to ...

Amid allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs and questions of whether hip-hop’s #MeToo moment has come, is the Black Church also due for a reckoning? “Notes on faith” is theGrio’s inspirational, ...

“Notes on faith” is theGrio’s inspirational, interdenominational series featuring Black thought leaders across faiths. In 2018, Cardi B challenged proponents of the #MeToo, #SayHerName and the ...

Rapper, poet, and pastor “Urban D.” on the hidden cost of copying culture—instead of creating it. This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. But for someone who’s so ...

Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford has English-language Masses with no music, Masses with choral music and Spanish-language Masses with a live band. On Sept. 15, a fourth option is being added to the ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Many urban churches are finding it increasingly difficult to get young adults through their doors. But one Minneapolis minister is engaging religion-wary teens and twenty-somethings by ...