STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Stapleton Waterfront Park pulsed with life Friday evening as hundreds of New Yorkers gathered to commemorate 50 years of hip-hop with legendary artists taking the stage, getting ...

Hip-Hop royalty works hard, so when the time comes to decompress, they go all the way, and the world’s most exclusive island getaways are their go-to destination. From the powder-white shores of Turks ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Parents and friends filled the auditorium at PS 45 in West Brighton on Friday morning to watch pre-K, kindergarten and first and second graders perform in the Marquis Hip-Hop ...

In "All Up in the Biz," his documentary on the fun-loving Long Island rapper Biz Markie, director Sacha Jenkins captures something you don’t often see in the world of hip-hop: a grown man shedding ...

Hip-hop trio The Fat Boys was inducted into the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame on Sunday to honor the group’s iconic and successful music career as pioneers of the rap genre. The Fat ...

The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame (LIMEHOF) recently celebrated the induction of iconic hip-hop artists Davy DMX, DJ Hurricane, and DJ Jazzy Jay at a ceremony held at their museum ...

They’re still number one in the 631. Rap pioneers JVC Force put the suburbs on the hip-hop map with the iconic anthem “Strong Island” in the late 1980s — and their funk-filled ode to Long Island has ...

It’s been four months since Spotify debuted its virtual Spotify Island on Roblox, which made it the first music streaming service to have an official presence within the gaming platform. Today, ...

Public Enemy's Chuck D and DJ Doctor Dré talk to Newsday's Rafer Guzman about LI's hip-hop scene. Credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams, Jr., Chris Ware, Jeffrey L. Williams, Andy Edelstein; Run-DMC, ...

The Reggaeton Festival 2005 is like a yummy mixed drink: two parts reggae, one part hip-hop, one part Latin dance, with just a splash of techno and dancehall. The Puerto Rican brew of Caribbean music ...

Roblox's Spotify Island is now welcoming Robloxians to Planet Hip-Hop, a new destination designed to highlight an emerging generation of hip-hop artists and showcase their work. The new virtual world ...