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Commended as perhaps the most anticipated series in hip hop culture, Netflix original series The Get Down, rekindles one obscure yet fundamental aspect grounded in history of HipHop.

The show features protagonist Ezekiel “Books” Figueroa, portrayed by Justice Smith, integrating  an interesting duality in a culture strongly tied to African American movements. “One of the main reasons we made the character… is because we wanted to play on that duality,” remarked project producer Nelson George, “New York culture of the 70’s and 80’s was very much a mix of southern black, Latino primarily in Puerto Rican and Jamaican—and those three elements played a huge part [in] the creation of what we call hip-hop.

Michael Jackson may be the king of pop, but Kanye West is gunning for the throne, as he recently scored his fortieth Top 40 hit, usurping Jackson's spot on the list of the top 10 male artists with the most hits.

Chi-town's Finest surpassed Michael Jackson's record when Schoolboy Q's latest single, The Part, which West is featured on, made it to Billboard's Top 40. The Part is the fortieth Top 40 single that Kanye has appeared on. His debut solo single, Through The Wire, which West recorded while his mouth was wired shut following a car accident, peaked at number 15 on Billboard's Top 100. Since then, the Chicago rapper/producer has become a multi-platinum artist, and despite being involved in frequent scand

A man equipped only with large suction cups and rope attempted to scale the exterior of Trump Tower yesterday.

The unnamed Virginia man spent almost three hours clinging to the side of Trump's New York skyscraper. A large crowd gathered to watch him climb, while an audience of thousands watched multiple livestreams throughout the internet of the incident. The man was reportedly trying to earn a meeting with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, but his ascent was cut short when New York City police officers pulled him inside the building from an open window. Previous to his capture, the man was forced to change his climbing route multiple times to avoid attempts by police and security officials to grab him. The man

British DJ Tim Westwood recently released a 52 minute Wu Tang Clan freestyle from 1997, and it shows the entire group in remarkable form. The freestyle seeming occurs shortly after the Clan arrived in London – RZA makes a reference to flying into Heathrow Airport – and it features Ol' Dirty Bastard, The RZA, Method Man, Masta Killa and U-God rapping over various instrumentals being played by DJ Mathematics.

It occurred right around the time the Wu Tang Clan released Wu Tang Forever, the double album follow-up to their landmark first album, Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers). Wu Tang Forevershowcased the entire group while also featuring guest appearances from common affiliates such as Cappadonna, Streetlife, 4^th Disciple

In light of the numerous incidences of police brutality currently dominating national headlines, Oklahoma City rapper Jabee has teamed up with Chuck D and producer Hannibal King to tackle the issue with his new song, “Monument.”

“Is it us or is it them?/ Are we together in the end?/ Do we kill the ones that kill so they never kill again?” he raps on the track which is slated to appear on his upcoming album, Black Future. “If it's war, if it's peace, if it's dying in the streets/ If we denying we dying but dying tryin' to get free."

"What you gotta do is get everybody ready for Black Future. You know what to do you know what to say,” Chuck D says during a spoken word in

In the latest episode of Spike TV's The Spot with Craig Carton, veteran rapper and actor Ice T revisits his old stomping grounds in NYC, recalling what it was like to perform at the legendary Latin Quarter night club.

The Latin Quarter was founded in 1942 by Lou Walters, the father of reporter and talk show host Barbara Walters. Walters sold the Latin Quarter in the 1950's, and by the eighties the club had evolved into one of the premiere spots for live hip hop performances in the city. Besides Ice T, the club has hosted a who's-who of hip hop legends, including Public Enemy, Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, Eric B. and Rakim, LL Cool J, Big Daddy Kane, Run DMC, and countless others.

"When I came to the Latin Quarter it was like the Mecca of h