Herc said he just wanted to see people having a good time. A hulking 6'5" in a cowboy hat, Kool Herc was named after Greek mythology's...

Of Hip-Hop's many-splendored Four Elements, writing holds the patents to several "firsts": first Hip-Hop medium to fully flower...

Queens-bred artist Sandra "Lady Pink" Fabara, widely considered the most influential female writer in the history of subway art, also...

Graffiti was the first of the four Hip Hop elements to take form, with Greek American teenager Taki 183, a messenger from the Washington...

Tom Moulton, who invents the remix when he breaks Don Downing's cult 1975 single "Dream World" down to its basics, reconstructing the...

Poets rise up, just like the griots in old-world Africa, to tell stories and sing the praises of the dead and wounded, using words like...

The Watts Prophets mold themselves from the ashes of the 1965 Watts Riots. They're street-embedded poets, welding serrated words to music...

James Brown seizes the flashpoint moment and elevates himself from dazzling R&B showman to global icon. With a straightening comb and...

Plan for Success, Grind, Live Well and Enjoy Life…That's the motto, right? The Bay Area has always had deep hustler roots not to mention...

When Wantmore N8 was growing up, he was an avid reader and was a sponge for absorbing information. In an interview with Remixd Magazine,...

Griselda’s 2020 level up wasn’t just statistical, it also played an essential role in accomplishing something seemingly impossible over...

His latest project From The Feet Up, is out on all platforms. FBB Cheese is a genuine presence and a force to be reckoned with in the...

Richmond, CA is home to some of the most influential hip hop artists in the Bay Area, such as E-40, Mac Dre, Calvin T, Kevin Allen...