For hip-hop, this was expressed through the turntable manipulation pioneered by DJ Kool Herc in 1973, when he extended and looped breakbeats to energize crowds. House music’s innovators turned to the ...

It was not just any old pen that the newly inaugurated president later tossed into the crowd, but a Sharpie, Trump’s signing instrument of choice. “His presidency is a master class in permanent ink,” ...

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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- An annual celebration of hip-hop and graffiti returned to southeast Fresno. The Bizare Art Festival took over Calwa Park on Saturday. Graffiti artists were out, showing off ...

Beatles legend Ringo Starr has confirmed that one long-standing rumor about his life is actually true. Starr, 84, dropped by ...

By Gil Kaufman Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap have announced dates for ... will kick off the 15-show run in support of their 2024 debut album, Fine Art, with their Coachella Festival debut on April ...

Black American music is music of the spirit, a profound diversity of lessons to be enjoyed. Never duplicated but often imitated, its drumbeats are heartbeats of the inner person that ignites ...

By Robin Pogrebin Martin Kimani, a former Kenyan diplomat, said his past work positions him to build on the Africa Center’s diverse programming that goes beyond art. By Dionne Searcey Japanese ...