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On this date in 1993, legendary Corona, Queens crime rhyme king Kool G. Rap and his longtime partner DJ Polo dropped their third and final album together Live And Let Die on the Juice Crew’s famous ...

Almighty KG of the Cold Crush Brothers The original hip hop artists had to possess the same hustle and salesmanship. Dan Charnas, author of the The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip ...

The history you think you know about hip-hop is likely not correct. Actually, let’s run that back. The history of hip-hop that you think you know might not be accurate. Rather, the origin of hip ...

Visit an online experience on the origins of hip-hop by the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Check out the Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap that includes more than 120 ...

Hip-Hop icons Kid ‘n Play have been inducted into Berklee College of Music’s Hip-Hop Hall of Fame, an honor coinciding with ...

When the author of Ice Cold: A Hip-hop Jewelry History, Vikki Tobak, treads the tightrope between hip-hop music and fashion industry, precision dictates her research. As she lends this expertise to ...

Peabody Conservatory’s new Bachelor of Music in Hip Hop degree puts performance and the genre’s most important elements at ...

RZA Released His Debut Solo LP 'Bobby Digital In Stereo' 26 Years Ago RZA 'Bobby Digital In Stereo' 26 Years Ago ...

The emergence of a new music genre, hip hop, produced DJs who were significantly more skilled. These DJs – or turntablists, as they came to be known – were performers and musical artists in ...