Inspired by a new book tracing four pivotal years in the city’s history, hear a playlist of songs from the dawn of hip-hop that were swirling at the time. By Jonathan Mahler Hear songs from Lucy Sante ...

At first, there was no message. Rap was all bluff and bluster. Party stuff, straight up. Hip hop, you don't stop. Throw your hands in the air, and wave 'em like you just don't care. Somebody scream.

The post Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five’s Melle Mel Charged with Felony Domestic Violence appeared first on Consequence. Melle Mel, a member of the groundbreaking hip-hop group Grandmaster Flash ...

The Kidd Creole, a rapper who was part of Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, was arrested on Wednesday (8/2) for fatally stabbing a man in Midtown Manhattan the night before. The rapper, real name ...

“A life is a life is a life,” said Justice Rodney, according to The New York Times. She added that the killing was not “somehow justified because the person is homeless.” The homeless man was ...

GRANDMASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE: Ladies and gentlemen, it's now the time for the Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five MCs. (Rapping) We're coming. We're coming. We're coming. We're coming. We ...

Kidd Creole was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years behind bars for the stabbing death of a homeless man in Manhattan. The rapper, whose real name is Nathaniel Glover, was a founding member of the ...

Note: This article contains descriptions of violence. Nathaniel Glover, better known as Kidd Creole from Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison stemming from a ...

There are several new inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Van Halen, REM, the Ronettes, Patti Smith and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. That's right — Kid Creole, Cowboy, ...

Hear songs from Lucy Sante’s “I Heard Her Call My Name” by ESG Public Image Ltd., the Floaters and more. By Lindsay Zoladz Songs by Labi Siffre, Bessie Banks, the Brat and more that became invested ...

Hip hop pioneer Melle Mel (born Melvin Glover) of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five was arrested in Los Angeles on Monday and charged with felony domestic violence, Rolling Stone reports. He was ...