Hip-hop is a music genre and cultural movement that originated through African Americans in the South Bronx, New York City, in the 1970s. The phenomenon has moved unapologetically to its own beat ...

Mayor Adams anointed himself the city’s first hip hop mayor Wednesday when he unveiled $5.5 million in additional city funding for the construction of the Universal Hip Hop Museum, which is e… ...

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The earliest hip-hop culture was a reflection of those difficult realities in the South Bronx. “Poverty was the flavor of the day,” said Murphy, who also grew up in the South Bronx in the 1960s.

Fifty years ago, the genre of hip-hop was born in the South Bronx. Here’s How It Got Its Name. The musical movement, born at a party in the South Bronx, has a rich history ...

Before production began on the 1984 film “Beat Street,” a semi-fictional drama about the early days of hip-hop and breaking in the South Bronx, a researcher on the production team visited ...

Two developers making moves in the birthplace of hip-hop are L+M Development Partners and Type A Projects, which have just moved one step closer to completing Bronx Point, their $349 million, ...

The groundbreaking project, expected to drive foundational and enduring economic development in the South Bronx, marks NJCC's expansion to funding transformative projects beyond New Jersey "Given ...

The birth of the art form that became hip-hop is traced back, in music legend, to a party in the South Bronx, some 50 years ago. DJ Kool Herc spun his turntables on August 11, 1973, introducing a ...

The earliest hip-hop culture was a reflection of those difficult realities in the South Bronx. “Poverty was the flavor of the day,” said Murphy, who also grew up in the South Bronx in the 1960s.

The earliest hip-hop culture was a reflection of those difficult realities in the South Bronx. “Poverty was the flavor of the day,” said Murphy, who also grew up in the South Bronx in the 1960s.

At the time of hip-hop’s inception, the Bronx had the highest poverty rate of not just New York City, but of all 62 counties in New York state. Fifty years later, it holds that same status.