bold energy that continues to distinguish hip-hop graffiti today. Known as Afghanistan’s first female graffiti artist, Hassani, born in 1988, often makes her art on bombed or abandoned buildings.

A legal fight is brewing in the Bronx over a graffiti mural honoring the birthplace of hip-hop. City officials say the mural ...

Hiip-Hop’s origins at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue are the location of a fierce fight in which the NY city claims a mural violates ...

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

Art versus advertising — it’s the tension at the heart of a legal battle pitting an iconic institution against New York City ...

Beyond the decks, Kay Slay was a personality—his voice a fixture on NYC’s Hot 97 and Shade 45’s Street Sweepers Radio, where he continued to champion lyricism and street narratives long after the ...

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 ...

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.

“However, hip hop is a movement with great cultural contributors across many creative disciplines, including graffiti. From Joe Conzo who photographed the early Bronx jams to Cey Adams who art ...

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