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Music
August 2, 2012
KDAY, the Gangsta Rap Oldies Station, Breaks New Ground by Playing Music From the Bad Old Days
Blogs
June 18, 2012
Here's an Epic Ice-T Interview: Sure, He Once Wore Leather and Spikes, but He'll Still Fuck You Up
See also: *The Original Original Gangsta: Ice-T talks about his star-studded directorial debut, his famous affiliates and his life with Coco in New York *Here Are Pictures of Dr. Dre's New $13 Million House Perhaps because he moved back to the East Coast and became an actor, Ice-T is sometimes over ... More >>
Blogs
November 8, 2011
Justin Bua's Paintings Of His Most Influential Rappers
Justin BuaJustin Bua is a hip-hop painter; you may have seen the print of his painting "The DJ" (see below), at Target, of all places. It's been out for over a decade, and has been selling ridiculous amounts of copies for years. He's done portraits of everyone from Nas to Kool Herc to Quee ... More >>
Blogs
September 22, 2011
Afrika Bambaataa Plays Tomorrow, Inspires Our Top Five Electro Anthems Of All Time
Afrika BambaataaAlong with Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa is a card-carrying member of hip-hop's holy trinity. Back in the genre's baby years, Bam helped bring competing Bronx streets gangs together in the name of musical unity, and cut the seminal electro track, 1982's "Pl ... More >>
Blogs
November 5, 2010
Pete Rock, Legendary Hip-Hop DJ and Producer, to Perform at Boombox's Anniversary
Everybody loves to reminisce about the golden era of hip hop, those glory days of DJ Kool Herc MacGyvering power lines for his two-turntables-and-a-microphone and spinning breakbeats for all the b-boys and b-girls. Except, as then, hip hop's held in the fierce grip of the young, most of wh ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2009
On the Eve of the Grammys, Heavy D Discusses His Nomination, Reggae, Diddy and More
To hip-hop fans in the early-'90s, Heavy D was the original "Overweight Lover." A rap generation later, he was name-dropped more in the reciting of one of hip-hop's most beloved lines: the first bars from another heavy weight, Notorious B.I.G's "Juicy." Now? Without Notorious it'd be a wonder if t ... More >>
Film+TV
September 4, 2008
In the Beginning: Hip-Hop at the Movies
Rapper's delight
Music
May 11, 2006
Tiara Girlz
Calendar
May 11, 2006
Music Picks
For the week of May 11 - 18
Art+Books
March 10, 2005
Before Bling
Hip-hop�s storied past
Music
April 3, 2003
Side Tripping
DJ Muggs smokes alone
Film+TV
March 7, 2002
Turntablin�
Scratch takes its beats beyond the bling-bling
Music
September 27, 2001
Vintage Valiance
Who put the funk in the hip-hop boom?
News
December 14, 2000
Dr. Kool's Pop Quiz
Keith Thornton, Ph.d., an old professor from the new school, knows rap is here to test you
Music
December 2, 1999
Still D.R.E.