Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso paid homage to the world’s first hip-hop comic book character with the unveiling of a Rappin’ Max Robot statue outside Brooklyn Borough Hall Plaza. Standing ...

It’s tricky to introduce evidence. U.S. District Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall ruled against the admission of rap music lyrics and videos as evidence on Tuesday in the trial of Karl Jordan Jr., charged ...

Virtual programming continues with the latest thought-provoking discussion from Brooklyn Historical Society. Wes Jackson, founder of the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival, joins authors Erik Nielson and ...

They promise “the dopest cultural festival New York has ever seen.” That would be the 11th annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival, which kicks off tomorrow and runs through Saturday, when it culminates with ...

Experience a special performance of "The Hip Hop Nutcracker" on Monday, December 23rd at 7:00 PM at Brooklyn's Kings Theatre. Located at 1027 Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn. Tickets are available now at ...

One afternoon, Shyniece Thomas, known professionally as the rapper Lola Brooke, was in her Brooklyn apartment contemplating the pitfalls of being a rapper. “Sometimes you don’t feel safe — in your own ...

If clothes make the man, do tight clothes make the man a homosexual? A Brooklyn-based rap group thinks the current trend in hip-hop—medium tees and sagging jeans cinched tightly below the hips—is ...

Though they might not always be as heralded, women have played crucial roles in some of the most impactful rap battles in history. Now, in a debut book from veteran culture writer Brooklyn White-Grier ...

Tahjay Dobson, 22, and Jayquan Mckenley, 18, were part of the drill music scene. The deaths of two young aspiring rappers last week have reinvigorated the debate about drill music, a popular subgenre ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (PIX11) — Inside the ...

A Brooklyn pizza joint already considered one of the city’s best has watched its popularity explode after rapper Kendrick Lamar name-checked it in a new Drake diss track – adding legions of new fans ...

The conductor of a packed Brooklyn train where an unhinged passenger was shot in the head with his own gun during a rush-hour attack said he no longer feels safe on the job. Fred Reeves, 58, can’t ...