DJ, singer, songwriter and producer Afrika Bambaataa is a breakbeat pioneer and hip-hop trailblazer who was pivotal in the spread of the genre from the late 1970s through house parties and DJ battles.

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The Hip-Hop community suffered a tremendous loss on this date four years ago when Mark Morales, better known as Prince Markie Dee of the legendary Fat Boys, passed away at the age of 52.

To mark the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, the New York City Public Schools system asked Walter Greason, Ph.D., the leading historian of Afrofuturism and the Blac ...

Read interviews published in the print issue of XXL Magazine. 18 Hip-Hop Heavyweights Weigh In on the Current State of Lyricism 18 Hip-Hop Heavyweights Weigh In on the Current State of Lyricism ...

The tide began to turn when Snoop Dogg, already an established icon in the hip-hop community, embraced the technology.

(WWBT) - A Richmond man is working to spread awareness about Black ... shown,” Martin said. At CARTER Magazine, the motto is “History meets hip hop.” Using only black-and-white photos ...

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Sharma, associate professor of Asian American and African American studies and author of Hip Hop Desis (Duke University Press 2010), focuses her teaching and research on the interaction between races ...

His journey –– weaving together legal expertise, a deep-seated passion for hip-hop, and a keen understanding ... capturing life and joy and the whole spread of things within the confines ...

Today, the influence of hip-hop seems intertwined with the fashion industry, to the point where we can barely imagine one without the other. But, in the early 1980s, fashion brands faced a dilemma ...