The UC Irvine Center for Critical Korean Studies on Monday will host a conference and concert with performers Tiger JK, Yoon Mi-rae, Bizzy and Kurtis Blow.

And Moweta also invited a Korean rapper onstage. The rapper was an up-and-comer named Tiger JK — someone who, years after the festival, would become known as the " Godfather of Korean Hip-Hop." ...

It will focus on the intersection of Korean hip-hop and Afro-Asian identity and bring together scholars in Korean, Korean American and African American studies to discuss the music genre.

Some of the most popular items are the rice cake bowls creamy tteokbokki ($14) and spicy tteokbokki ($10.50); the Korean corn ...

Plus there is a class on “K-pop,” the South Korean response to hip-hop that is a global phenomenon. In all, the studio offers seven different hip-hop dance classes at various levels.

The Daegu episode features artists dancing in the old alleys of a market to a hip-hop version of folk song “Kwaejina Ching Ching Nane.” ...

While most K-pop choreographies are based in more hip hop style dance than classical or ballet-type movements, there’s no denying that a foundation in classical dance lends a special grace and ...