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Do You Remember The Fat Boys? The Highs and Tragic Lows of One the 80s Most Popular Hip-Hop Groups
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.
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Best Christmas Hip-Hop Songs For the Holiday Season
Artists RUN-DMC, Outkast, and Kurtis Blow have produced some of the rap songs for the holiday season.
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Hip Hop At 50: What I Learned From Writing A Book About The World’s Most Powerful Genre Of Music
Leslie Jones shouted out 50 Rappers Who Changed The World, which chronicles hip hop’s most notable emcees.
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Hip-Hop Legends Who’ve Paved the Way for Future Generations
Artists such as Jay-Z, Lil Wayne and Missy Elliot performed at the 2023 Grammy Awards to celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop.
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A Supersized List of October 2022 Books By Black Authors We Can’t Wait to Read [UPDATED]
There are so many great new titles hitting the shelves in October we had to update it again.
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DJ Cassidy’s Pass The Mic Series Takes On Soul Train
The popular DJ promises cameos from the likes of Charlie Wilson, Stephanie Mills and more
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Megan Thee Stallion, Dave Chappelle, Chance the Rapper and More Tapped for Summerfest 2021
The 53rd annual event will take place across three weekends in September as a part of the Milwaukee World Festival.
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The Bronx’s Universal Hip Hop Museum Awarded $3.75 Million From New York State
On Thursday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a state grant of $3.75 million to be awarded to help the formation of The Universal Hip Hop Museum, which is planned to be completed in 2023. According to CNN, the venue—co-founded by music executive Rocky Bucano, rap music legend Kurtis Blow and trailblazing deejay Grand Wizzard…
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Kurtis Blow Responds to Va. Attorney General's Apology for 80's Blackface Photo
While the Commonwealth of Virginia awaits the resolution of a series of scandals involving its Governor and Lieutenant Governor, there remains the matter of Attorney General Mark R. Herring, who apologized for wearing blackface styled after rap legend Kurtis Blow at a costume party in 1980, while he was 19. While national Democrats push for…
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10 Best Christmas Hip-Hop Songs, Ranked
From the Temptations’ “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas” to John Coltrane’s “My Favorite Things” to Oscar Peterson’s “White Christmas,” black folks have contributed to the sonic landscape of the Christmas holiday in unforgettable fashion. Since Christmas parties are a universal part of the season and because hip-hop is the music of…