Hip-hop is a nebulous label — always evolving, and difficult to define. Since its birth in 1973, at a summertime bash in the Bronx, the art form has gone through too many transformations to track. But ...

As it celebrates its 50th birthday, we are mapping hip-hop's story on a local level, with more than a dozen city-specific histories of the music and culture. Click here to see the entire list. If you ...

It’s an afternoon in July 2023, and New York City Mayor Eric Adams is in his element. Standing at a podium at the foot of the marble staircase in New York’s City Hall, the Mayor is flanked by staffers ...