Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, born June 17, 1987 in Compton, California, is one of hip-hop's most acclaimed artists. The son of...

Critical Beatdown (Next Plateau, 1988) was the debut album of the Ultramagnetic MCs, one of hip-hop's most underrated groups. Driven...

Wild Style (1982), directed by Charlie Ahearn, is the first feature film to document hip-hop in its infancy, capturing the...

The Roots' 1996 video for 'What They Do,' from Illadelph Halflife, satirized hip-hop video cliches, using on-screen captions to mock...

'Top Billin'' by Brooklyn brother duo Audio Two, Milk Dee and Gizmo, became one of hip-hop's most recognizable and heavily...

Tracy 168, born Michael Tracy in 1958 in New York City, is a graffiti pioneer who began writing in the...