A nostalgic crowd turned out to see an all-star lineup on Friday at Yankee Stadium, not far from the genre’s birthplace. Outside Yankee Stadium, where “Hip Hop 50 Live,” a 50th-anniversary concert, ...

It’s always awkward telling people what I do for a living. I’m a rapper. I also work as a professor of hip-hop. I work at the intersection of artmaking and academic research. I write music as part of ...

There are several ways to soundtrack a journey back from hell. On a Wednesday afternoon in late November, Jorge Pabón lifts himself out of his wheelchair, props himself up, and scrolls through his ...

To commemorate the university’s sixtieth anniversary, SUNY Old Westbury partnered with the Hip Hop Alliance to produce an unforgettable concert headlined by the legendary Kurtis Blow. This milestone ...

Thirty years later, California Love remains one of the defining singles of the nineties and a moment that helped solidify ...

Grandmaster Caz has been a part of Hip-Hop almost since it started. When he got in, the game changed forever. Talking to pioneers is one thing, but talking to Grandmaster Caz is another. The Bronx ...

When the Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” debuted in 1979, I remember it as a moment of connection. My parents purchased the 12-inch extended single for my sister and me. And, like many kids, we ...

The wife and I were watching some where the samples come from videos on youtube and I found out she knew most of the funk songs the samples came from, but really didn't know any of the rap songs. So I ...

Back when rappers were dead set on either spitting harsh rhymes or dancefloor anthems, Whodini began injecting R&B and funk elements into its hip hop songs. That style peaks on “Freaks Come Out at ...

Kurtis Blow’s return for the 10 th annual production of “The Hip-Hop Nutcracker” is not just a holiday treat; it’s a holiday miracle. The 63-year-old hip-hop pioneer had a heart transplant in 2020. “I ...

2: BECK is a 23 year-old hip/hop folk rocker, who goes by first name only and whose single, "Loser" has become the anthem for the underachievers of Generation X. His music has been described as ...

GloRilla is a Memphis-born rapper whose claim to fame started on Instagram back in 2022. GloRilla, whose real name is Gloria Hallelujah Woods, is also a 24-year-old Hip-Hop headline maker. Last summer ...