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 ...

The Hip-Hop 50th Block Festival went down in the Bronx, on Sedgwick Avenue where it all started, Saturday, Aug. 12, and we were on the scene. Iconic MC’s like Mr. Cheeks, Grandmaster Caz, KRS-One, ...

In the summer of 1998, the line to get into Mecca on a Sunday night might stretch from the entrance to the Tunnel nightclub on Manhattan’s 12th Avenue all the way to the end of the block; hundreds of ...

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Alan Ochieng shutterstock On August 12, the “Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture” will hold its ...

The music world has been gearing up for Aug. 11, which will be widely celebrated as the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip-hop. The story goes like this: On that date in 1973, in the rec room of an ...

For 50 years, there hasn’t been a party in America quite like a hip-hop party. And for the artists who’ve made it into a cultural and worldwide phenomenon, the party isn’t stopping anytime soon. Aug.

correctionA previous version of this article incorrectly identified block party attendee Midge K as Midge Kay. The article has been corrected. When did you fall in love with hip-hop? That was the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifteen years ago, Diddy held the first White Party. For more than a decade, the event attracted A-listers who celebrated hip-hop, ...