The graffiti installation ... as the launching pad of Hip-Hop culture thanks to DJ Kool Herc’s groundbreaking 1973 party is now in legal controversy. The New York City Department of Buildings ...

The first hip-hop tag came in the late ... and is often credited with fueling the U.S. graffiti movement, which accelerated after aspiring street artists in New York City began following in ...

NYC's DOB fined a building for a mural they claim advertises, sparking a legal battle over art and city rules at hip-hop's birthplace.

hip-hop got its start, and Campbell became famous as D.J. Kool Herc. Today the building is like thousands of others in New York City. It has been surrounded by a sidewalk shed for years.

Hip-hop's most celebrated festival returns as LL COol J's "Rock The Bells" announces its highly anticipated 2025 lineup.

While rap as a long and storied history in Black American heritage, one iconic sportsman of the 1960s has been credited with influencing the hip hop artform.

On this day in 1955, Clive Campbell—better known to the world as DJ Kool Herc—was born in Kingston, Jamaica. At the age of 12, he relocated with his family to the Bronx, New York, where his influence ...