New York State’s Black Legislative Task Force is honoring hip-hop legends with a festive tribute.Kurtis Blow, Slick Rick, and ...

The nonprofit community development financial institution New Jersey Community Capital has provided an $8.5 million New Market Tax Credit loan to support the development of the upcoming Hip Hop Museum ...

Missouri Senator Kurtis Gregory said Nashville, Tennessee, and Salt Lake City, Utah, have both reached out to the Royals.

On this day in 1996, Nas dropped one of the most defining singles of his career — If I Ruled The World (Imagine That) ...

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I think Champions League was a big part of the puzzle for them.“It could mean they have to sell both Youri Tielemans and Morgan Rogers, and thats the sort of blow which can have a big impact on the ...

He was a magazine ad salesman when he and a colleague, Robert Ford, teamed with Kurtis Blow and helped break rap music into the mainstream. By Alex Williams J.B. Moore, an advertising man from ...

In 1979, at the age of 20, native New Yorker Kurtis Blow paved the way for hip-hop artists when he became the first rapper to sign with a major record label, Mercury Records, and soon achieved ...

About 13 years ago, a friend told rap icon Kurtis Blow he would be perfect for a new project called "The Hip Hop Nutcracker" and invited him to check out a rehearsal. Blow had no idea what to expect.

Kurtis Blow is considered one of the founding fathers of hip-hop. Born in Harlem, New York, Blow became the first rapper signed to a major label in 1979 at the age of 20. Mercury Records had ...

Kurtis Blow's 1984 classic "Basketball" was not just about his personal love for the game, but an expression of solidarity between the game and rap. Since hip hop came onto the scene in 1973 ...

Rap pioneer Kurtis Blow is bringing back a classic at the right time. The legendary New York rapper famous for his 1984 song "Basketball" recreated it featuring rappers Lola Brooke and Hit-Boy in ...