Slick Rick Praises The First-Ever Global Hip-Hop Day
June 8 marks Global Hip-Hop Day, during which we celebrate the global and cultural impact of the genre that was started some 40 years ago. The…
Will Big Pun Finally Get His Own Street on 163rd ?
Bronx residents are pushing for Big Pun to get his own street in the Bronx. Fans have created a petition for the late rapper to…
DJ Funkmaster Flex ,Prince Royce amongst others inducted in the Bronx Walk of Fame
This past weekend Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and The Bronx Tourism Council hosted it’s annual Bronx Ball, the premier event of Bronx Week…
Legendary DJ Scott La Rock Has A Street In Kingsbridge Named In His Honor
This upcoming August 27 marks 30 years since Scott La Rock (aka Scott Sterling) was shot and killed in the Bronx, New York. A founding…
Cha Cha Kings of the Cuban Revolution Bring Their Sound To Lehman Center
When Orquesta Aragón, the Cuban band credited with spreading the cha-cha around the world, came to the Beacon Theater in 1983, it was a passionately…
Comedian Puts Jennifer Lopez’s Bronx Savvy to the Test on ‘The Daily Show’
You can take J.Lo out of the Bronx, but you can’t take the Bronx out of J.Lo. With season 2 of NBC’s cop drama Shades…
Nicki Minaj vs. Remy Ma: Why Hip-Hop’s Hottest Beef Is a Win for Rap Fans Everywhere
The resurrection of Remy Ma has been interesting to watch. The brash Bronx emcee first emerged in the mid-2000s, as the obligatory “First Lady” of…
Kurtis Blow to chair Fantom hip hop museum?
Kurtis Blow is the Chairman of the Bronx. The legendary rapper, born Kurt Walker, says that after four years of hard work, he and his…
Fat Joe Is Here to Remind You How Latino Rappers Changed the Game
The South Bronx in New York City has sealed its place in history as the birthplace of hip-hop, where black and Latino youths created something…
The Martinez Brothers Found a Beat in the Sounds of the Bronx
Since taking the dance world by storm—with a succession of releases on mentor Dennis Ferrer’s Objektivity label, as well as collaborative work with Seth Troxler…