Wane One, Fab Five Freddy and Lee Quiñones recall evolution of graffiti In 1980s New York, hip-hop was the soundtrack of the city, blaring through the neighborhoods on boom boxes and blasting ...

Graffiti, as a visual art form, has played a crucial role in the development and expression of hip-hop culture. It serves as ...

In fact, "knowledge" is one of the so-called five pillars of hip-hop. The others are MCing, DJing, breakdancing, and graffiti. Eyewitness News reporter Kemberly Richardson takes a look at the ...

Two legends have united to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop, and they’re doing it in style. Iconic sports apparel brand Mitchell & Ness and legendary graffiti crew TATS Cru are ...

(In his companionable podcast, 50 Years of Hip Hop, which debuted in February, Brathwaite dilates upon mobile DJs and related matters.) In the meantime, Brathwaite had been noticing graffiti tags ...

With the help of graffiti murals, urban photography and a boom box wall, a small building on East Sixth is transforming into a hip-hop lover’s paradise. The Museum of Graffiti, which opened in ...

It’s been over 40 years since my introduction to hip-hop. We were born on opposite ends of the country, but the instant connection I had to this art form is a testament to the genre’s ...

For Adams, the thread that connected hip-hop and graffiti art was precisely its youth culture: teens and young adults inventing a new art form. “I think wanting to paint subway trains was about ...

bold energy that continues to distinguish hip-hop graffiti today. Known as Afghanistan’s first female graffiti artist, Hassani, born in 1988, often makes her art on bombed or abandoned buildings.