HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day, is a federal holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. We invited the hosts and organizers behind ...

North Carolina Chinese Lantern Festival - Head to Booth Amphitheatre in Cary for this celebration of lights. The festival kicks off Friday and runs through Jan. 14. The N.C. Chinese Lantern Festival ...

Raheem Jarbo, a former Phoenix middle school teacher known to fans as the hip-hop artist Mega Ran, is in Los Angeles this weekend vying for a Grammy Award. FOX 10's Megan Spector has the details on ...

Alex Gonzalez is an award-winning art and culture journalist, with a passion for music, film, and food. With over a decade of experience, he has penned several features, conducted intimate interviews ...

Though there's never a shortage of festivals, markets and other cultural happenings in the Classic City, we've chosen to spotlight these events for the weekend of July 25-27. Each week, the ...

Welcome to the weekly Port City Life newsletter brought to you by me, StarNews cultural issues reporter John Staton. Hip-hop history comes home to Wilmington this weekend. That's because Port City ...

Singer/rapper Maria Isa and flamenco dancer extraordinaire Susana di Palma are joined by a slew of talented artists working in Latino cultural traditions for "The Palabras Project," put together by ...

For our party picks this weekend, we've kept it pretty close to home. The choices are boiled down to a bit of hometown hip-hop, some classic SF house music, a long-awaited homecoming performance, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sharon Jackson, better known as MC Sha-Rock, considered the first female rapper in hip-hop, grew up as Sharon Green in Wilmington.