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 ...

Chuck D and Darryl “Cornbread” McCray bring Hip-Hop’s activist roots to Wilmington, Delaware, on October 17 during the 4th Annual Hip-Hop Cultural Summit. The free event runs from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. at ...

In 2023, hip-hop celebrates its 50th anniversary since its birth in The Bronx, New York. This influential genre has transcended borders and profoundly impacted Latin American culture. From its ...

The memoir examines how Freddy helped bridge the worlds of graffiti art, music, film, and fashion during hip-hop’s formative years. Hip-hop pioneer Fab 5 Freddy recently appeared in Atlanta for a ...

Art is what Cey Adams has been producing since he was a teenager growing up in Queens. But, it wasn’t always seen that way. “That's the problem with labels. If there was no such thing as graffiti, ...

1) Why Has Personalization Always Been at the Heart of Hip-Hop Culture? Hip-hop culture was born from the urge for marginalized musicians, poets, and everyday voices to define who they were, ...

A vivid mural meant to honor Hip-Hop’s birthplace at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue has sparked a legal clash between city officials and the property’s ownership group, Workforce Housing. The graffiti ...

The story of hip-hop’s beginnings has been highly contested, but it begins in the Bronx on Aug. 11, 1973. DJ Kool Herc’s sister, Cindy, is hosting a back-to-school party in their apartment complex, ...

Over the course of the next couple of days, Fitz Books will play host to a graffiti exhibition by Crime on Friday, and then Vibe Garden (learn more) will set up shop on Saturday. In preparation for ...

The line stretched hundreds of people long, down the block and around the corner, as Ricky’s Famous Tacos, out of Lompoc, cooked on the grill to welcome the patrons. Inside, the DJ spun hip-hop tunes ...

Wild Style is arguably the very first movie and one of the very few that shows the true essence of what Hip Hop is about. When Hip-Hop was being passed off as a fad that wouldn’t last beyond “Rapper’s ...