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 ...

Entrepreneurs are known for doing a lot of things to pay the bills while they try to get their businesses off the ground. Maurice Eleby says, “I jump off buildings for a living.” That’s because he ...

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 ...

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 ...

It wasn’t long ago that hip-hop media could be separated into two distinct buckets. In one bucket were the Journalists—magazine writers, bloggers, and cultural critics who wrote for publications like ...

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 ...