These three music videos from the 1980s will likely leave you asking yourself, "What in the world did I just watch?" ...

“So, when did you fall in love with Hip Hop?” is a question that Sidney (Sanaa Lathan), a Hip Hop journalist, poses at the very beginning of the 2002 film, Brown Sugar. And, consequently, everyone ...

On this date in 1985, Hip Hop mogul Russell Simmons, alongside acclaimed filmmaker Michael Schultz, brought the early glory days of Def Jam Records to life with the Warner Brothers-distributed film ...

Before the rap world's East Coast-West Coast rivalry hit the headlines in the '90s, another war was brewing, silent but equally important. While it didn't claim lives, the war challenged identities.

Hip-hop was created in 1973, and during that decade, it was a genre still in its early stages that was more DJ-centric with focuses on b-boy dances and live performances. However, by the time the ...

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Before hip-hop topped charts, it was raw, political, and underground. From New York basements to 2Pac’s rage, here’s how “street music” broke through. From the underground of New York to Philadelphia, ...

Along with LL Cool J and Run-D.M.C., these three friends from Brooklyn were the biggest group in the game. But their crossover success would cost them. Before there was Fat Joe, Big Pun or Biggie, ...

TLDR: The 80s-inspired anthology Freaky Tales leans heavily on nostalgia, but Kingston University’s Matthew Melia says it’s “all surface and no substance .” Nostalgia for the 1980s has been in vogue ...