Hip-hop was birthed by DJ Kool Herc, in a South Bronx apartment complex in the 70s. A back-to-school fundraiser with an admission fee of .25 cents for ladies and .50 cents for gents turned into a ...

Hip-hop fashion is a type of clothing style that originated in urban Black America and among inner-city ... borrowed heavily from the 70s. Kangol bucket hats, heavy name-plate gold necklaces, ...

Discover 50 Years of Hip-Hop Fashion at ESSENCE Fashion House with CEO Caroline Wanga, Tony ... a brand influenced by his Jamaican and Cuban roots growing up in Harlem from the ‘70s to the ‘90s.

Hip-hop fashion didn’t have a true identity upon the genre’s inception. ... they were part of one’s daily wear in the ’70s. Disco was the real influence as hip-hop began to take hold.

The exhibition begins in the '70s and is divided into categories including “Designer Dreams,” “High Fashion Does Hip-Hop,” “Hip-Hop in High Fashion,” as well as “Celebrity Style ...

Since its inception in the 1970s, hip-hop has made a mark on culture. One of the main ways is through its impact on style, with hip-hop artists setting trends in clothing, hair, and accessories ...

To say that music is a major part of our culture would be an understatement. From the ’50s to the modern day, music fans have ...

In an interview with Bambaataa in the January 1982 issue of the East Village Eye, “hip-hop” got defined as “the all-inclusive tag for the rapping, breaking, graffiti-writing, crew fashion ...

New York in the '70s, widely acknowledged to be the birthplace of hip-hop takes on a life of its own as black-and-white stills of b-boys flash over Hall des Lumière's stone walls.

Hip Hop and fashion have been linked ever since the music started at the block parties in the Bronx in the 70s. As a voice for the marginalised, Hip Hop’s look mattered as much as its sound ...

Hip hop journalist Kevin Powell, guest curator of the exhibit, says hip hop fills a void in the telling of the American story. "This is our art," he says. he says.