On this date six years ago, the graffiti world and the entire Hip Hop community lost one of its most influential pioneers. Michael Lawrence Marrow, better known as True Mathematics Allah and globally ...

Flavor Flav's clock. Nicki Minaj's Barbie pendant. Slick Rick's crown and eyepatch. These are famous symbols of hip-hop. But perhaps the most iconic piece of them all is Ghostface Killah's eagle cuff.

BABY BOY AT THE PARTY. AT THE PARTY. THIS YEAR MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIP HOP. THE MILESTONE. CELEBRATE IT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH AWARD SHOW PERFORMANCES, SUMMER TOURS WITH SOME OF THE ...

"A very essential service for American culture and world culture," says graphic artist Tim Fielder of the comic book he made with historian Walter Greason. “The civil rights laws and the ...

Common Released His Fifth LP 'Electric Circus' 23 Years Ago Common Released His 'Electric Circus' 23 Years Ago ...

An elegiac retelling of rap’s origins, Hip-Hop Is History also ends with a sense of hope. Buffy (Darren Robinson) of the Fat Boys in Chicago, 1985. This Juneteenth featured, among other festivities, a ...

Though Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson has spent this year celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop by curating a Grammy Awards tribute and stacking the Roots Picnic lineup with beloved artists from the ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- For Brad Johnston, his journey into hip-hop began one day in 1979 when he heard "King Tim III" by The Fatback Band on someone's radio during gym class at Henderson Middle School.

To celebrate the golden anniversary of hip-hop, we rounded up 35 essential hits. These songs were hugely significant for the genre's growth and made an impact on the music industry. Our picks are ...

All of which is to say that if you were looking for chart-topping hits this year, you might’ve been disappointed, but if you were looking for good hip-hop music, 2025 was one of the best years to be a ...

Last year, New York celebrated the 50th birthday of its proudest musical offspring, hip-hop, with a string of exhibitions and concerts across the city. On May 9, the American Museum of Natural History ...

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