Boogie Down Productions News

More than any other rapper, Dr. Dre was responsible for moving away from the avant-noise and political stance of Public Enemy and Boogie Down Productions as well as the party vibes of old-school rap.

Charles will give a talk about his discovery of hip-hop as a teenager living in Zimbabwe.

Brooklyn's Powerhouse Books launched its I Am Hip-Hop imprint with the man synonymous with the phrase: KRS-One . Having recently published The Gospel of Hip-Hop: First Instrument , the Boogie Down Productions co-founder-turned-author is touring New York and New Jersey to greet fans and readers of the effort.

Public Enemy rewrote the rules of hip-hop, becoming the most influential and controversial rap group of the late '80s and, for many, the definitive rap group of all time.

One of the great comeback artists of 2008 hit his hometown's biggest stage on Monday night when Brooklyn native Maxwell wowed the crowd at Madison Square Garden.

We received word from Mark Schenkel about a new production presented by Spike Lee and the Culture Project, County of Kings .

The days are growing shorter, the magazines are getting larger and meatier, and the first batch of cider doughnuts is on the way real soon: all sure signs of autumn, as is the bountiful crop of prestigious concerts coming our way this season.

There are plenty of factors, all of them perfectly good, that motivated Dawn Demps to start creating a community arts and culture event in north Flint.

Boogie Down Productions meets The Boot Camp Clik, as KRS-One and Buckshot debut the first video from their Survival Skills album.

Whenever I hear music critics or fans refer to Lil Wayne as the "greatest rapper alive," I immediately think: "Have they never heard of KRS One?" The founder and former head of Boogie Down Productions and a freestyle mastermind, KRS One has been holding down the true tenants of hip-hop since the early 1980s and, unlike a lot of old-school MCs, he's ...

The Juice Crew were steady battling Boogie Down Productions on wax and New York's influential hip-hop radio station Hot 97 was launched, originally as Hot 103.

So much of social media and relationship marketing revolves around storytelling, and this is especially true for nonprofits.

Quite possibly the greatest ambassador of hip-hop culture, not to mention one of its more talented lyricists of the past 20 years, KRS-One will grace the stage of Club Polaris tomorrow night.