♪ Broken glass everywhere ♪ ♪ People (censored) on the stairs ♪ ♪ You know they just don't care ♪ ♪ I can't take the smell ♪ ♪ Can't take the noise ♪ ♪ Got no money to move ...

Part two of “Street Disciples.” How 1982’s “The Message” pushed hip-hop to get political and fight the power. And the growth of the culture through fashion, dance, and graffiti.

In 1982 Sylvia Robinson made another significant contribution to hip hop as a co-writer and co-producer of “The Message,” from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.

Mike Ford enlisted rappers like Chino XL to help use hip-hop to introduce kids to architecture.

Learn more about how women have broken glass ceilings since the 1970s in hip-hop and rap music with Dr. Naima Johnston Bush this week at an Orange County library.

“Hip hop is a seed planted and nourished amongst the ‘broken glass everywhere’ of mid-70s New York. It has grown to be a worldwide phenomenon and the dominant culture of at least one ...

Michael Ford has started free architecture camps that teach disadvantaged kids about design and urban planning through the lens of hip-hop.

For example, in Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s 1982 hit “The Message,” the group raps about its South Bronx home: “Broken glass everywhere / People pissing on the stairs, you ...

Scorpio of Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5 believes Ice Spice, Scar Lip and other female rappers are taking over.

“Broken glass everywhere / People pissing on the stairs, you know they just don’t care,” Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five rapped on their seminal 1982 track “ The Message.” “I ...

Broken Glass, Everywhere!: TNGHT’s literal breakout came during SXSW 2012, when, at their very first show, the pair shattered a plate-glass wall with the devastating bass of their itchy banger ...

Hip-hop’s 50th anniversary shines a light on its New York City birth From humble beginnings on Bronx streets to billionaires and bling ...