An organization dedicated to the academic development of Black youth records a profanity-free hip-hop album Their West Oakland studio is located in an historic area once dubbed 'Harlem of the West ...

Brother Ali hit fame for his hard-hitting critique of racism and inequality in the US. His rap songs mix the political with the personal. Today, the rapper is in Istanbul on a spiritual journey as a ...

I'm a product of the old school and the newest of the new," Nas said. Just to show the magnitude of hip-hop, Nas recently performed at Madison Square Garden. It was a sold-out concert for a single ...

Fourth in a series of Retropolis stories looking back at moments in hip-hop history during the week of the music genre’s 50th anniversary. It was August 1989, and an 18-year-old Tupac Shakur ...

For the students in TCU’s “The Genius of Hip-Hop” class, a recent conversation with a hip-hop duo from the Northeast was a time to talk about life, politics and the struggle to get by.

Dear hip-hop, I can’t believe you’re 50. Five decades of moving the crowd — starting with DJ Kool Herc’s house parties at 1520 Sedgwick Ave. in the Bronx back in ’73 — and look at you ...

The Blast-master KRS-One can check off each of those boxes and then some. Having grown up within a few footsteps of 1520 Sedgwick Avenue—the historical birthplace of hip-hop, KRS saw the culture ...

And Old-School Hip-Hop. May 11, 2024. Credit... Illustration by Akshita Chandra/The New York Times. ... characterizing his portrayal of Black empowerment as superficial and insincere.

DJ Polo, Of Old-School Hip-Hop Duo Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Has Died. DJ Polo was a part of the famed New York City hip-hop collective The Juice Crew.

As Aug. 11 approaches — 50 years from the day DJ Kool Herc threw a 1973 back-to-school party for his sister Cindy at 1520 Sedgwick Ave. in the Bronx, widely regarded as the birth of hip-hop ...