Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso paid homage to the world’s first hip-hop comic book character with the unveiling of a Rappin’ Max Robot statue outside Brooklyn Borough Hall Plaza. Standing ...

It’s tricky to introduce evidence. U.S. District Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall ruled against the admission of rap music lyrics and videos as evidence on Tuesday in the trial of Karl Jordan Jr., charged ...

There is no debate that Queens’ own Nicki Minaj completely modernized rap with her versatility and bold lyricism. Born in ...

Virtual programming continues with the latest thought-provoking discussion from Brooklyn Historical Society. Wes Jackson, founder of the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival, joins authors Erik Nielson and ...

They promise “the dopest cultural festival New York has ever seen.” That would be the 11th annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival, which kicks off tomorrow and runs through Saturday, when it culminates with ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (PIX11) — Inside the ...

Though they might not always be as heralded, women have played crucial roles in some of the most impactful rap battles in history. Now, in a debut book from veteran culture writer Brooklyn White-Grier ...

If clothes make the man, do tight clothes make the man a homosexual? A Brooklyn-based rap group thinks the current trend in hip-hop—medium tees and sagging jeans cinched tightly below the hips—is ...

One of the pioneers of hip-hop music, Darryl McDaniels, founding member of the iconic rap trio Run-DMC, paid a visit to the southwest corner.

One afternoon, Shyniece Thomas, known professionally as the rapper Lola Brooke, was in her Brooklyn apartment contemplating the pitfalls of being a rapper. “Sometimes you don’t feel safe — in your own ...

A lone gunman opened fire outside a Brooklyn deli Wednesday as three men were shooting a rap video —wounding two of the performers, one of them critically, police said. The attack erupted outside Park ...

A Brooklyn pizza joint already considered one of the city’s best has watched its popularity explode after rapper Kendrick Lamar name-checked it in a new Drake diss track – adding legions of new fans ...