The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office celebrated Black History Month with a star-studded tribute to 50 years of hip hop on Thursday, Feb. 23 at St. Francis College in Downtown Brooklyn. “Black music ...

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 ...

BROOKLYN BALLET announced its 2025 performance schedule for “The Brooklyn Nutcracker,” the company’s reimagined holiday classic.

“Hip-hop was set out in the dark/ They used to do it out in the park” begins MC Shan’s classic 1986 single “The Bridge.” Yes, it was a mere 30 years ago that the biggest hip-hop events of the year ...

The longest-running free performing arts Celebrate Brooklyn! festival unveiled its lineup of artists for the summer and a special celebration of Hip-Hop’s 50th anniversary. On Wednesday (May 3), BRIC ...

A five-borough series of block parties celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop will kick off in Brooklyn on Saturday, Aug. 5. The 5X5 Block Party Series, sponsored by Mayor Eric Adams and ...

When New York rhymer Q-Tip and his A Tribe Called Quest dropped their classic hip-hop set Midnight Marauders in 1993, Kanye West-an avid fan of the trio-was 19. So you can imagine the joy he felt last ...

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 ...

Hip-Hop Style turns 50 and there was a dope celebration in Brooklyn to commemorate the cultural fashion footprint. Hip-Hop and style go hand-in-hand, basically partners from the very start. A recent ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Brooklyn Brewery unveils an exciting, limited-edition Brooklyn Lager featuring Notorious B.I.G. in homage to his vibrant legacy and in celebration of Hip-Hop’s ...

Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur talks Method Man Dave East and Joe Budden at Netflix’s WWE Raw installation that made wrestling entertainment into a Hip-Hop playground in Brooklyn. WWE Raw didn’t just pull up ...

Today marks the start of the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival. Entering its ninth year, it started at a time when the eyes of the hip-hop nation weren’t as glued to the culture’s birthplace as it once was, ...