A little over a year ago, Wilmington comic and producer Louis Maynor, who's better known by the name Louis Tee, stepped in front of a microphone to do comedy for the first time. Maynor, a 1995 Laney ...

Hip-hop’s first female DJ Wanda Dee reflects on career ahead of LA Legends of Hip-Hop show ...

August 11, 2023, will mark the 50th anniversary of the house party largely credited with the creation of hip-hop. Although the various elements of what we’ve come to know as the world’s most popular ...

Former rapper uses his talent to stand out in real estate market by making rap music videos on social media A rendering showing the floating docks at North Causeway boat ramps in New Smyrna Beach ...

In the chronicles of Hip Hop, the tale of the DJs who formed the genre’s foundation is a significant but frequently ignored episode. More than just record players, they were the masterminds behind a ...

As the 50th year of hip-hop comes to a close, the AFRO salutes the pioneers of hip-hop and those who have sustained the genre for 50 years and those who carry it into the future. Started on Aug. 11, ...

So far this year, during hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, massive tributes at shows like the MTV Awards and the Grammys highlighted the rappers from the past and present who’ve made hip-hop a ...

*As a middle-aged individual who has covered hip hop artists since the mid-90s, a time that many feel was in the Golden Age of Hip Hop, it has become increasingly difficult to celebrate some of the ...

SEVEN TONIGHT, 10 TO 5 TOMORROW AND SUNDAY. IT IS MUSIC THAT IS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HIP HOP. 50 YEARS AGO TODAY, IT WAS BORN IN THE SOUTH BRONX AND IT IS NOW A PART OF OUR ...

DJ Drama has a discography that’s massive and influential enough to appeal to both the Tik Tok-friendly sector of Gen-Z and the hip-hop loyalists who critique the music of the former. He’s created ...

The DJ and MC are certainly the dynamic duo of hip-hop music. One provides music, the other provides lyrics, and together they can rock a party and deliver a show that is the epitome of exhilaration.

To quote the popular rom-com Brown Sugar, describing Hip Hop "is the perfect verse over a tight beat." Most devoted music aficionados are aware of the significance August 11 holds as the birthday of ...