Numerous books have been written about the origins of hip-hop and its evolution from an underground phenomenon to a global force. While its growth since the 1990s had been well-documented ...

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As Black History Month commences ... 1989: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince win the first Grammy in the hip-hop genre. “Parents Just Don’t Understand” won for Best Rap Performance, but ...

Questlove, the accomplished musician, filmmaker and author, most recently of “Hip-Hop Is History,” is no doubt aware that his ...

By Jonathan Abrams Elena Bergeron and Matt Stevens Sean Combs, the hitmaking hip-hop mogul also known as ... The details and timeline of the interaction remained muddled throughout a highly ...

An elegiac retelling of rap’s origins, Hip-Hop Is History also ends with a sense of hope. Buffy (Darren Robinson) of the Fat Boys in Chicago, 1985. This Juneteenth featured, among other ...

On May 9, the American Museum of Natural History continues the festivities by spotlighting an aspect of hip-hop culture with a slightly longer timeline: its minerals and gemstones. From the gold ...

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The spoken-word-with-music album signals the rap-fueled hip-hop revolution to follow. 1973: At an August Brooklyn house party, DJ Kool Herc creates the break-beat, a foundational element in hip-hop.