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In the first installment of KOOL Sound Cities, we explore the significance of NYC to the Hip Hop we know today.
Starting with a press conference and a kickoff party at 1436 Kansas Ave., KCK, the week-long celebration of “ live shows, dance battles, and cultural experiences ” will include 16 events from June 1 - ...
The hip-hop journalism community mourns the loss of one of its most influential voices. Sacha Jenkins, a pioneering figure who helped establish hip-hop’s presence in mainstream media while ...
By Mitchell Peters Sacha Jenkins, a pioneering hip-hop journalist, author, filmmaker and cultural historian, has died at the age of 54. Jenkins passed away on Friday (May 23) at his home due to ...
Here’s how “Blues is the entry point to the movie for me, but if blues was the entry point, hip-hop was the car that I was driving in,” Coogler tells Rolling Stone as he settles into a Zoom ...
Renowned hip-hop journalist and cultural historian, Sacha Jenkins, has died at 54. His wife, Raquel Cepeda, told The Hollywood Reporter that he died on Friday, May 23, due to complications from ...
It's been 22 years since Slim Shady took home his first AMA. By Michael Saponara Eminem has won favorite male hip-hop artist at the 2025 American Music Awards. Twenty-two years after taking home ...
Sacha Jenkins’ sudden death left a deep void in Hip-Hop journalism and film, with Instagram tributes reflecting his cultural influence and storytelling legacy. Sacha Jenkins died suddenly ...
And that’s exactly what Extell Development — more known for its supertall luxury residential buildings — hopes to provide at the medical office tower being built from the ground up at 1520 First ...
Entering the NBA Finals, the Thunder are the heavy favorites and hip-hop legend Ice Cube believes that they will win the title this season as he said on Wednesday on FanDuel’s Run It Back.
Sacha Jenkins, a hip-hop journalist and documentarian known for Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men (2019) and Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues (2022), has died. He was 53. Deadline can confirm the ...
Several of the most lauded hip-hop songs in music history have achieved diamond status—10 million sold or more—according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). For these ...