LA MAMA will continue its 61st season with the New York City premiere performance, 'The Hip Hopera of 5P1N0K10,' created by Tarish Pipkins or "Jeghetto" - set to debut as the first production staged ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The actress and hip hop legend are joining forces to create a new hip hopera based on Dane's iconic 1987 hit. Regina King has a ...

Believe it or not, there was a time before Beyoncé Knowles had become the queen of the world. Back in 2001, before she had her own solo career and received acclaim as one of the biggest artists in ...

A first-time reader of William Shakespeare's plays is bound to voice one famous, 21st century complaint: "Is this even English?" Well, tonight, toss your 14-year-old self a bone with Bare Bodkin, Pen, ...

On this day in 2001, MTV premiered Carmen: A Hip Hopera, a genre-bending, culture-shifting reinterpretation of Georges Bizet’s classic opera Carmen—with a Hip Hop twist that made waves through both ...

Beautiful Racket Founder and singer Anniece Cousin performs at the nonprofit's festival in 2022. Two students involved in the music education nonprofit Beautiful Racket on stage at the organization's ...

You may remember Beyoncé’s Carmen: A Hip Hopera—if you don’t, google it. The MTV production set the bar for “hip hopera” (hip hop and opera) by completely changing the game. Now, Regina King is ...