“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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

JOINING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT HIP HOP’S LEGACY, A CAMP FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IS CENTERED AROUND THE HISTORY AND CORE VALUES. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S KALE SEARCY TAKES US TO HIP-HOP LAB.

Ashley Tate is organizing the symposium at UNC Charlotte this month, bringing together hip-hop scholars, practitioners and ...

In a new book, “Hip-Hop Is History,” the DJ, producer and Roots drummer explores the evolution of the genre he helped build. Questlove at the Empire State Building in March. “So much of hip-hop is a ...

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson still remembers the first time he heard The Sugarhill Gang's 1980 hit "Rapper's Delight." It felt like a paradigm shift: "Suddenly they start talking in rhythmic poetry and ...

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 ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Dr. Hanan Hameen-Diagne leads dancers in a joyful Juneteenth hip-hop workshop. Credit: Adam Walker ...

There are hip-hop interview archives, and then there’s TheBeeShine. Launched by Jersey native Bryan Scheiner in summer 2010, it’s since blossomed into one of the largest collection of hip-hop video ...