Hip-hop
Profile. Dr Dre. Audio, 13 minutes
Dr Dre has made an indelible mark on popular culture. Mark Coles tells his story.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Hip Hop in the Middle East: Rhymes, Revolution and Resistance. Audio, 30 minutes
Music journalist Jackson Allers explores Arab Spring era hip-hop as a catalyst for change.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
More or Less. To ice or not to ice? Audio, 28 minutes
Should we be more choosy about who benefits when we do a viral charity challenge?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Tupac Shakur, Hip Hop Immortal..... Audio, 30 minutes
Poet and playwright Al Letson recalls the life of Tupac Shakur.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Dylan Thomas Centenary, Dylan Over the Pond. Audio, 15 minutes
Writer and poet Kevin Powell explores Dylan Thomas's influence on black American writers.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Drama on 4. Carnival. Audio, 45 minutes
Secrets and lies unravel in Rachel De-lahay's drama about the need to conform.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Black Is a Country. Episode 2. Audio, 30 minutes
Singer-songwriter Erykah Badu explores the music generated by the Black Power movement.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
Jay-Z: From Brooklyn to the Boardroom. Audio, 30 minutes
Finance guru Alvin Hall charts the rise of rap music entrepreneur Jay-Z.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Passport Please. Home to Tanzania. Audio, 23 minutes
Ayisha Yahya of the BBC Swahili Service meets Maasai rapper Mr Ebbo
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Inspired by Faith. Mecca 2 Medina. Audio, 14 minutes
Members of the Islamic Hip-Hop group Mecca 2 Medina talk about their faith and their music
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Art House. Hip-Hop in South Africa. Audio, 30 minutes
The new sound of South Africa's Cape Flats
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Making It Up. Ragga. Audio, 14 minutes
Looking at links between rap and jazz
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Spice Taxi. Hair Cuts and Hip Hop. Audio, 30 minutes
Ben Malor and Neil Curry talk about hair cuts - and Fiona Ledger finds out about Hip Hop
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Spice Taxi. Teaching English Through Rap. Audio, 30 minutes
"The accented syllables are really emphasised so much through rap"
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Arts and Africa. Hip Hop in the Cape. Audio, 30 minutes
The rise of Hip Hop in South Africa
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year