“This is black culture,” said Nick Gates, who is co-teaching hip-hop at COCA (Center for Creative Arts) in University City this summer. “A lot of black youth don’t know about the four elements of ...

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 ...

“Yeeking,” for those unfamiliar, is an up-tempo dance style created in Atlanta. Most yeek routines contain a gamut of dance moves, including the “prep,” transformer” and “devastator.” But “yeek” is ...

Six-time Grammy Award-winning drummer and producer Questlove is digging deep into the roots of hip-hop and uncovering how the genre has impacted culture. He explains it all in his new book "Hip-Hop is ...

“I'm in the lion's den,” Questlove blurts out before I can ask the first question, with a laugh that confirms he’s being eaten alive online. It was either the perfect pitch for a book that chronicles ...

OPINION: The Roots drummer argues in his new book that hip-hop changes every five years. I'll be the judge of that. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the ...

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, founder and drummer of The Roots, has written a new book. "Hip-Hop Is History" is a very personal take on the influence of rap and how it's changed, for better or worse.

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook The highlight of the street dance festival “Motion/Matter” at the Perelman Performing Arts Center came at the end: an all-styles ...

Throughout American history, Black innovators such as Benjamin Banneker, Lewis Latimer, Madam C.J. Walker and Dr. Charles Drew helped shape scientific and industrial progress, even as the nation built ...

On Saturday, Feb. 8, Hip Hop Canvas: Beats, Art & Fashion blended dance, singing, music, fashion, visual art and poetry into a celebration of Black History Month at 9 p.m. at The Lab at Ciné. Montu ...

On this day in 2000, Brooklyn’s own M.O.P. unleashed one of the most electrifying remixes in hip hop history with “Ante Up (Robbin Hoodz Theory).” Already a street anthem off their Warriorz album, the ...