Hearing hip hop history has never been easier. Between Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, YouTube and all the other streaming services, hip hop fans can simply pull monumental albums out of the air and indulge their ears to excess.
But seeing hip hop history? That’s proven much, much harder— until the Read more...
The world of hip hop, all of music in fact, is one man down. Phife Dawg, a founding member of the breakthrough New York City group A Tribe Called Quest, died of complications from diabetes on March 22, 2016.
Phife, his co-founder Q-Tip, and later bandmates Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Read more...
CHELSEA, MANHATTAN: The right piece of fatherly advice can last a lifetime.
Just ask Ken “Duro” Ifill, who got some priceless guidance growing up in the bustling multi-culti neighborhood of Queens Village, New York. “My dad told me: ‘Whatever you do, be the best,’” says Duro, scanning New York City’s Read more...
MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: The massive motivation of hip hop artists like Wiz Khalifa is only half the story of how they storm the world’s stages: Behind every live touring success is a booking agent that knows their territory.
Khalifa is about to kick off the Campus Consciousness Green Carpet Tour, running Read more...
FASHION DISTRICT, MANHATTAN: If you could burrow inside the mind of Bob Power, chances are it would sound mighty good in there. For this softly-spoken but hugely influential member of the New York City production scene, music is always the message.
Certainly, just the track record of this multi-multi-platinum GRAMMY-nominated, Read more...
