South Bronx organization Windows Of Hip Hop has been on a growing quest to use Hip-Hop culture as an educational basis for a curriculum for students throughout New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

A hip-hop pioneer was back in the Bronx on Monday to promote a new initiative merging hip-hop and education. Grandmaster Caz returned to the Bronx after a whirlwind tour of performances and making ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, which emerged as a musical genre and cultural phenomenon in 1973. Hip-hop became a way for disenfranchised youths to voice their frustrations and call ...

The phenomenon has threaded through society since it was born in the Bronx in 1973. Hip-hop is on radio, television, fashion and sports arenas. This year the movement is celebrating a special birthday ...

I wasn’t particularly interested in cars growing up. Unlike many young boys who share formative moments with their father looking under the hood of a family vehicle, my dad was more of a point “A” to ...

Sampling originated from DJ Kool Herc's Merry-Go-Round technique. Over time, the technique evolved and has created hip-hop songs with ties that go back decades. The legal battles with clearing samples ...

NEW YORK (AP) — It was born in the break, all those decades ago — that moment when a song’s vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage. It was then that hip-hop came into the ...

Last year, we published our inaugural Hip-Hop Media Power Ranking. Joe Budden took the top spot. Fierce commentary ensued, from those both on and off the list. Life moved on. The hip-hop media ...