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The Roots, Erykah Badu, The Weeknd, A$AP Rocky and More to Headline The Roots Picnic
The Roots, Erykah Badu, The Weeknd, A$AP Rocky and More to Headline The Roots Picnic
The Roots will be in rare company this May 30 when they host their eighth annual Roots Picnic festival in Philadelphia. Joining the legendary crew as headliners will be the elusive Erykah Badu, Canadian R&B singer The Weeknd, A$AP Rocky and more, including Atlanta newcomer Raury and New York's precocious Bishop Nehru. Th...
A Hip-Hop Museum May Be Coming To The Bronx
A Hip-Hop Museum May Be Coming To The Bronx
It looks like there are plans coming together to bring a hip-hop museum to the Bronx. The plan was announced at a news conference in front of City Hall on Wednesday (March 12).  Hip-Hop pioneers and their supporters are pushing to open a hip-hop museum inside the Kingsbridge Armory and call it the Universal Hip Hop Museum. The Museum would b...
The Ten Most Important Songs Of Hip-Hop’s First Decade
The Ten Most Important Songs Of Hip-Hop’s First Decade
On August 11, 2013, hip-hop music celebrated the 40th anniversary of the day Kool Herc dragged his turntables and records to a Bronx recreation area and spun discs in an entirely different way than most had ever heard. In addition, when his homeboy Coke La Rock started talking trash into a microphone left on the table, the beautiful dynamic between DJ and MC blossomed to the beat. Alt...