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.

Today we recognize the 68th birthday of one of Hip Hop’s foundational figures, Afrika Bambaataa—a man whose influence helped shape the sound, style, and soul of the genre as we know it.

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

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

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 ...

Fat Joe and Starz are teaming up once again for a series about the Bronx rapper’s life.

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

A legal fight is brewing in the Bronx over a graffiti ... regarded as where hip-hop began, violates building code because it promotes a commercial website tied to the artwork.

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 ...

A patron saw the beauty in graffiti when most of the world thought it was mere nuisance. Now the writing (of Lee Quiñones, ...

It’s less likely the track signals some kind of cultural shift in the Coalition, and more likely it shows a high level of ...

He and The Birthplace of Hip Hop said that the banner is an extension of graffiti art that lines the community space where hip hop originated. The two sides are now set to meet in federal court on ...