Fifty years ago, in New York City, a Jamaican-American teenager named Cindy Campbell asked her older brother to DJ at the block party she was hosting to raise money for a new back-to-school wardrobe.

A new exhibition tracing hip-hop's origins—starting in the Bronx in 1973, as a social movement by and for the local community of African, Latino, and Caribbean Americans to the worldwide phenomenon it ...

Learn about Albany rapper Ohzhe and his conscious and self-aware approach to hip-hop. Learn about Albany native rapper Ohzhe, known for his conscious and self-aware approach to hip-hop. Jade Warwick ...

Lately, most rappers come in a thuggish flow and portray their hardcore side and James Masai, popularly known as Jay Maumau refutes this as a misplaced priority. He terms himself an advocate for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop, Mass Appeal in collaboration with Chase Marriott Bonvoy credit cards have ...

On this day in 2000, Brooklyn-based revolutionary duo dead prez changed the landscape of conscious rap with the release of their groundbreaking debut album, Let’s Get Free, on Loud Records. Now, 25 ...

'The Message' speaks to how people are living. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's hit 'The Message' spoke to how people were truly living and feeling. Melle Mel gives background to the lyrics he ...

When I heard that Common was coming to Spring Fling, I almost broke down in tears. I have admired him for his work, passion and devotion to hip-hop since I was introduced to his music, and I lament ...

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‘Hip hop on trial’; this was the name given to a global debate that took place in London just two weeks ago, the third in a series of discussions hosted by Intelligence Squared in association with ...

On August 11 1973, DJ Kool Herc and his sister Cindy threw the now legendary Back To School jam in the recreation room of 1520 Sedgewick Avenue in The Bronx, New York. Herc’s party represented a ...