The Bronx may be the birthplace of hip-hop, but its roots can be traced to a park at the corner of 30th and Jefferson Streets in Philadelphia’s Brewerytown neighborhood. It was there in the 1960s ...

Were you Seen at Open Day at Circus on Sept. 16, 2023, at 46 North Swan St. in Albany N.Y. Circus is a "social justice print house started by Clown Skateboards and Pepper Spray Press. The event ...

Sugarhill Gang’s Wonder Mike on “Rapper’s Delight”: ‘We Knew We Had a Hit’ Herein lies the ink-stained testament of NYC native and early ’80s hip hop graffiti-pioneer Mike McLeer, aka KAVES, who—after ...

This story originally appeared on PlanPhilly. The corner of Fifth and Luray streets in Hunting Park resembled a 1990s hip-hop video. With Wu-Tang Clan, A Tribe Called Quest, and other classics from ...

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Sneakersnstuff is encouraging people to get out and vote with the help of a graffiti legend. The renowned sneaker boutique commissioned famed graffiti artist Kunle Martins of the city’s well-known ...

QUEENS (WABC) -- Maria 'Toofly' Castillo is a Queens street artist known for her Love Warrior character. She was given the name 'Toofly' by her cousin who felt it was a great fit for the kind of work ...

Albert “Al” Diaz is a longstanding figure in New York City’s graffiti scene—a world that has historically been the scourge of mayors and police. Not surprisingly, Mr. Diaz, 59 years old, was taken ...

Eight subway cars in Brooklyn have been covered by graffiti in memory of two Big Apple street artists who died last week — and it will cost thousands to clean up the spray-painted tribute, officials ...

Although graffiti artists still regularly hit up trains around the city, it's pretty rare to actually catch one of those cars in the wild. Which is one of the reasons the ambitious eight-car graffiti ...

Herein lies the ink-stained testament of NYC native and early ’80s hip hop graffiti-pioneer Mike McLeer, aka KAVES, who—after a career-complicating biff and bust by the transit cops’ Vandal ...