Amer Ahmed, a longtime board member at the Hip Hop Congress, found the concept of American Indian hip-hop strikingly unfamiliar. Last November, Ahmed, director of intercultural affairs at Concordia ...

For a generation that gets its music videos from YouTube and the like, it’s hard to conceive of a time when your options in that regard were far, far fewer. In December 1983, “Uncle” Ralph McDaniels, ...

Ralph McDaniels popularized the shout-out. His show Video Music Box debuted in 1983 on the New York television station WNYC-TV and airs to this day on WNYE-TV, making it the longest-running music ...

For decades, hip-hop was snubbed by folks who refused to consider it high art; now curators are clamoring to tell its stories. In 2021, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston showcased DJ Screw’s legendary ...

It’s an afternoon in July 2023, and New York City Mayor Eric Adams is in his element. Standing at a podium at the foot of the marble staircase in New York’s City Hall, the Mayor is flanked by staffers ...

The box features new artwork from the cartoonist - homages to EC Comics DC's mid-1960s 'Go-Go Checks'. "As if that weren't enough, hard-working Ed has whipped up exclusive cover art for both volumes, ...