His breakout single “Time’s Up” remains one of the most scathing mission statements in Hip Hop history. Over Buckwild’s dark piano thump, OC delivered a verbal lightning bolt against fraudulence in ...
October 19, 1999, marks the day that the eclectic and iconic MF Doom launched his career with his debut record Operation Doomsday.
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.
"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 ...
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 ...
Questlove, the accomplished musician, filmmaker and author, most recently of “Hip-Hop Is History,” is no doubt aware that his title cuts more than one way. It indicates both that hip-hop is a ...
OPINION: The Roots drummer argues in his new book that hip-hop changes every five years. I'll be the judge of that. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the ...
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Hip Hop is of global interest and one tour group company is making sure that people from anywhere can learn about its rich history in New York City. "I grew up in Nigeria, back in ...
Bill Roth was just 27 years old when he first suited up as Hip-Hop, performing gravity-defying stunts in front of sold-out ...