Tariq Nasheed is the director of Microphone Check, a documentary about the hidden history of hip-hop. Watch the film’s trailer below.

Visit an online experience on the origins of hip-hop by the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Check out the Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap that includes more than 120 ...

And while the specific sneakers may have changed, shoes are still an incredibly important part of the culture. These are the ...

Gangstarr's Fourth LP 'Hard To Earn' Turns 30 Years Old! Gangstarr's Fourth LP 'Hard To Earn' Turns 30 Years Old ...

On this day, 34 years ago, the cult-classic crime thriller New Jack City arrived in theaters across America. The story of the ...

The result is “Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop.” In hip-hop fashion, the book's title is a play on words. Before digital photography, a contact sheet was the photographer's working ...

is leading "A History of Hip Hop Sampling" at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7 at Monmouth University in West Long Branch. The evening ...

Chuck "Jigsaw" Creekmur talks about Angie Stone's profound impact on music talking to legends of Hip-Hop Culture.

Markie released the album “All Samples Cleared” in 1993. A History of Hip-Hop Sampling will include performances by Monmouth University Blue Hawk Records students and artists, and multimedia ...