NEW YORK (WABC) -- KRS-One announced the star-studded guests who will be performing during the 50th anniversary event and the block party festival in celebration of all things hip hop. On a hot summer ...

WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture is celebrating hip-hop music with an inaugural block party. The block party will mark the first anniversary of the ...

In August 1973, Clive Campbell, aka DJ Kool Herc, was DJing his sister’s back-to-school dance party in the Bronx. Campbell combined two turntables and a mixer to break the beats of songs — and, in the ...

A five-borough series of block parties celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop will kick off in Brooklyn on Saturday, Aug. 5. The 5X5 Block Party Series, sponsored by Mayor Eric Adams and ...

On August 11, 1973, the 102-unit apartment complex at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the New York City borough of The Bronx became more than just a residential building. It became the birthplace of a new and ...

Tune in to for a six-hour Twitch-based livestream party and hear from six DJs on June 20. It’s going down on the live stream this Friday as The Hip Hop Museum and “Queen of Street Literature,” Wahida ...

A look at hip-hop’s transformative impact in honor of its 50th anniversary. Hip-hop was once narrowly thought of as a trend in music that would ultimately fizzle out. Now, at its 50th anniversary, hip ...

NEW YORK-- Hip-hop's happy birthday weekend continued Saturday. The borough where the genre was born hosted another celebration. Hip-hop legend KRS-One headlined a block party on Sedgewick Avenue in ...

If you’re driving near the National Mall on Saturday, don’t be surprised if you see a giant block party outside the National Museum of African-American History & Culture. The Smithsonian museum is ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will host its inaugural Hip-Hop Block Party Saturday, Aug. 13, to celebrate the first anniversary of the release of ...