WE ARE CELEBRATING NATIONAL HIP HOP HISTORY MONTH AND THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOVEMENT. WE’RE GOING TO LOOK BEYOND THE MUSIC AND TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE CULTURE AND ITS CONNECTION TO SOCIAL ...

Questlove's book, dedicated to 50 years of hip-hop, has a release date set for June 2024. Questlove’s book, dedicated to 50 years of hip-hop, has a release date set for June 2024. The multifaceted hip ...

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 ...

When people trace hip hop’s origin story, they usually go straight to the Bronx: those fabled block parties, the breakbeats ...

At this point, Questlove has so many jobs, it’s not only hard to keep track of them all but one also wonders when exactly he has the time to do so many things without the assistance of a secret twin, ...

“The civil rights laws and the assassinations that happened in 1968 lays the foundation for the desire for something new, something that let people vocalize the feelings they were having in deep ...

The Grammy-winning musician will release the book through his book imprint, AUWA Books Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital platforms ...

HISTORY. AUGUST 11TH, 1973, JAMAICAN BORN DJ KOOL HERC PERFORMED AT A PARTY IN THE BRONX, NEW YORK, USING TWO TURNTABLES, HE LOOPED MUSICAL BREAKS IN REAL TIME, CREATING MORE SPACE FOR PARTY GOERS TO ...

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Thembisa S. Mshaka debuted the photo exhibition to honor the Black women whose creativity defined a global beauty language.

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 ...

"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 ...