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It's been a little over a year since food blogger Zach Brooks of Midtown Lunch launched 'Food Is The New Rock,' a collaboration with KCRW DJ Chuck P that produces a podcast exploring the intersection of food and music.

A household name in the graffiti world, Eric Haze 's replete rA©sumA© speaks for itself.

"Downloaded" focuses on the advent of digital media sharing, including the rise of game-changing company Napster and controversial pioneers Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker.

The Beastie Boys will be forever linked to Brooklyn thanks to the now-classic song from their 1987 debut album.

Though he has no limit of artistic self-regard, Kanye West is quick to credit his collaborators.

The Beastie Boys' Michael Diamond - aka Mike D - has an awesome Brooklyn townhouse, and the Times is on it.

Fatburger has become a global chain while retaining much of its '50s appeal: a cross between a classic diner and a modern fast-food joint.

Susan Sherrick has big, round eyes and a slight overbite, and speaks in tones just above a whisper.

The-Dream's "IV Play" and Kid Ink's "Almost Home" hang around the charts, as does will.i.am's "#willpower," while the Beastie Boys' "Licensed To Ill" reminds us that Rick Rubin is a master.

DJ BC is yet another one of those guys out there who's becoming famous for his abilities in smashing together two relatively disparate songs and coming up with something wonderful - not unlike Danger Mouse , actually.

It was a line worth keeping in mind while listening to triple j's Hottest 100 of the past 20 years, which was played last weekend to celebrate two decades of the youth broadcaster's annual poll of the nation's favourite tracks for the year.

When rap burst on the scene in the 1980s, Hollywood was quick to cash in. Early hip-hop-centric movies like Krush Groove , which featured the first ever on-screen performances of the Beastie Boys and LL Cool J, and the more serious Beat Street hold up surprisingly well, while others like Rappin' and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo , well, not so ... (more)

New Yorkers are officially having a love affair with NY1, the 24 hour "news network" that comes free with your Time Warner Cable package.

Parks and Recreation star Aziz Ansari got up to some Hamptons hijinx in Montauk over the weekend.

Cast your mind back to the 1980s when bands like Run DMC and the Beastie Boys were filling the airwaves with a new kind of music - hip hop.

Is there a reason Vine videos are exactly six seconds long? Yes, and it has a lot to do with high profile court cases that almost destroyed hip hop music.

Already owning more than half the interest in IPU Holdings Unltd., the owner of Ecko Unltd., brand licensing and marketing specialist Iconix Brands ( Founded by fashion designer Marc Ecko in 1993, the brand became a fashion staple in the rap and hip-hop scene with artists such as the Beastie Boys, Chuck D, and Spike Lee bringing it to the fore.

Random House will publish "Glee" star Lea Michele's book about her life. The autobiography, "Brunette Ambition," is described as "part memoir, part how-to and part style-guide." The book will feature Michele's life growing up in New York City, her stint on Broadway, and her role on the popular FOX series.

To some, 2013 feels very much like the mid-eighties - a transitional period that sees the transference of artistic power between generations occurring.