As we continue to honor Black History Month, "GMA" puts a spotlight on the artistic movement that includes rap music, fashion, dance, street art and social justice.
Many aspects of men's style and tailoring today have roots and influences in Black culture and youth movements, but the contributions from the community often go without mention.
He was an architect of the over-the-top look known as "ghetto fabulous." Later, unable to support his own lavish lifestyle, he fell from grace.
Wearing street-style attire with Adidas sneakers ... Moving their arms across their body to the sound of hip hop remixes like "Flava in Ya Ear," while still bouncing with their knees, the kids move from side to side. Some end up lying on the floor ...
In the post-graffiti movement, pioneered by Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1980s New York City, street art evolved to become recognized in the fine arts world. His legacy is celebrated in "Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation" at the MFA.
Willi Smith. That September, the New York City-based designer won the Coty American Fashion Critics Award for Womenswear—only the second Black designer to do so; when he was first nominated in 1967, he was the youngest designer ever in the running for the prestigious title.
The new FX docuseries Hip Hop Uncovered exposes the gangsters, drug dealers and gangbangers lurking beneath the surface of rap music who helped shape its culture. While they lived a life of crime, aspiring MCs copied their personal style and celebrated them in song.
Jean Michel Basquiat and the Fusion of Street Art & Hip Hop Culture at Newport Art Museum presentation will be Wednesday, March 3, 4 - 5 pm, Live on Zoom.
Normally, hip-hop dance company Groove Against the Machine would have been working together in a downtown Oakland dance studio. Normally, they would have enormous mirrors to help them master choreography and a surround sound system keeping them on the beat.
Christopher Wallace packed a lot of living into 24 years, and "Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell" goes a long way toward capturing his personal story alongside the legacy of his relatively brief but deeply influential career as hip-hop paradigm-shifter Notorious B.
"Elite Tha Showstoppa" Ellison reached local celebrity status as one the most recognized names in Athens hip-hop. Now, he's working on his first album.
THE BRONX — Bronx hip-hop legend Fred the Godson was remembered with a special street renaming led by his wife and two daughters Monday. The corner of Leggett Avenue and Kelly Street was renamed to honor the legendary emcee.
After streetwear originated in the West when Shawn Stussy (of Stüssy fame) started printing logos on T-shirts in LA, California in the '80s, it has evolved with the rise of hip-hop, and ...
Detroit-style square pizza, which has been growing in popularity, can be found in eateries across Orange County.
The artist showcase will have representatives from both camps, presenting an opportunity to "merge the new age sound with what hip-hop was." Referring to a larger effort by the company to merge younger and older hip-hop audiences from different cultural scenes under one banner,
Zoya Akhtar's Gully Boy (2019) deserves appreciation for popularizing hip hop in India. Even though it does not mark the advent of hip hop music or rap in the subcontinent, the film introduced the genre to a significant mainstream audience who were not so familiar with it until then.
Gangster rapper Pop Smoke was supposed to lead US hip-hop into an exciting new era. His uniquely parched vocals suggested he ate cigarettes for breakfast every morning. The nonchalant swagger that imbued his music made even the way he repeated the word "OK" - which was swiftly made into a meme - sound as if it could be the hook to a hit record.
Just like Shaka Zulu, Shaka Rocka is a general of his tribe and is etching his name in history by putting his trauma and pain on wax for the world to hear.
Rhymes Over Beats Hip Hop Theater Collective is premiering its third new play for Black History Month, Rodney Hicks' MS. PEARL'S CABARET, as part of CreateTheater's Monday Night Reading Series on Monday,
Judas and the Black Messiah (streaming on HBO Max): The latest big-screen Oscar contender to get early exposure on streaming, Judas shouldn't be missed. One of AFI's Top 10 movies of the year, the film stars Get Out 's Daniel Kaluuya ( Golden Globe and SAG nominations) in an incendiary performance as charismatic Black Panther leader Fred Hampton.
As the world remains inside to stay as safe and healthy as possible, fashion trends have largely ... it was a time when hip-hop was becoming less black-and-white and more colorful and animated.
It's been so influential, all the way back to Dapper Dan and how hip-hop style started from the street with drug dealers, and then rappers emulated their styles and made them more mainstream.
This The Last Poets album is among the objects on display in "Hip Hop Icons." // Photograph courtesy of The Black History 101 Mobile Museum The objects are on loan from the Black History 101 Mobile Museum, which was founded by Hip Hop Icons curator Dr ...
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Big Ghost reconnects with Conway The Machine after last year's No One Mourns The Wicked to bang out more haunting street music ... The Coffee Shop" Seattle hip-hop fixture Jay Park signed ...
detailed street violence in an uncompromising and explicit style, led to many radio stations pulling effective boycotts against hip-hop's more aggressive artists. To make matters worse ...
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B-boy style by the mile." With Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion killing it right now, what do you think of the current state of women in Hip-Hop? HOPE: It's great that so many women are sort of ...
Tamu McPherson is a Milan-based fashion creative who has helmed the blog All the Pretty Birds since 2008. While it started as a street style platform, the site now offers a space to amplify multicultural fashion, beauty, and wellness. Tamu's own social ...
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