A legal battle has ensued over artwork covering a sidewalk shed that is widely considered the birthplace of hip-hop.

The Art Gallery of Ontario recently welcomed The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century. The exhibit explores the extraordinary impact of the genre through painting, photography ...

The apartment building at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx is unremarkable, except for its place in history. It is where, at ...

A legal battle has ensued over artwork covering a sidewalk shed that is widely considered the birthplace of hip-hop. The New York City Department of Buildings issued a $2,500 fine to the management ...

The emergence of a new music genre, hip hop, produced DJs who were significantly more skilled. These DJs – or turntablists, as they came to be known – were performers and musical artists in ...

Today, the influence of hip-hop seems intertwined with the fashion industry, to the point where we can barely imagine one without the other. But, in the early 1980s, fashion brands faced a dilemma ...

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 ...

The fine is for the canvas covering the scaffolding in front of 1520 Sedgwick Ave. in Morris Heights. A sidewalk shed outside an apartment building credited with being the birthplace of hip-hop is ...

“The Birthplace of Hip Hop says that this is an artwork,” said the hip hop artist and historian known as Professor Sanchez, who founded the organization Temple of Hip Hop. “We partnered with ...

While Gatmouth’s fear of the mainstream is fervent and understandable, everyone who appreciates hip-hop, poetry and art needs to hear the music of this beautiful, dark, twisted reality.