Your Guide to KC: Star culture and identity writer J.M. Banks is acting as a tour guide of sorts to some well-known and hidden gems, with a focus on Kansas City’s communities of color. Send your ideas ...

The South Bronx is set to welcome a new gallery venue this summer, The Compound, which was founded by entrepreneur and former emcee, Set Free Richardson. The project is supported by Richardson’s ...

NEW YORK — For the past 11 years, Free Richardson has run The Compound, his creative advertising business, from a compact space off Bruckner Boulevard in the South Bronx, where he works on campaigns ...

The birthplace of hip hop is getting a new art gallery that plans to “highlight the fusion of visual art and hip-hop, hoping to usher in underrepresented artists from marginalized backgrounds and ...

Drake always does it big for his birthdays. Celebrating his 26th year on this earth, Drizzy made it a weekend affair, stopping at Compound in Atlanta on Saturday night, where he performed a few songs ...

Set Free Richardson’s superpower is pinpointing synergies between his many passions. While multihyphenate artistry is a relatively recent aspiration in the mainstream, Richardson has quietly been ...

Free Richardson, of the Compound, and Phil Cho, of NoLedge Productions, have become innovators in the world of marketing. They also consider themselves family. “The two things in life are ...

In a bright white gallery just off the Third Avenue Bridge in the South Bronx, barely decipherable beats bumped under the chatter of a crowd surveying an all-star roster of portraits. Missy Elliott ...

The maker of Magnum Condoms is bringing listeners some new hip-hop music. The Compound Gold Project presented by the Magnum Condoms brand will include the release of three hip-hop collaborations by ...

O’Guin, a lifelong fan of hip-hop, listened to some of Tech’s music and after hearing the talent and passion behind the tracks, approached Tech and asked what he needed. The rest, as they say, is ...