The Boston Globe

Opening Jacob’s Pillow’s season, this Dorrance Dance production stays true to the beat

BECKET — Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival opened its summer season Wednesday with a focus on tap, percussion, and hip hop. The night featured “The Center Will Not Hold,” co-directed by tapper Michelle ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1973, a Dance Party in the Bronx Birthed What Many Believe To Be the Beginning of Hip-Hop Music

All of the greatest genres in music history have an origin story. And many believe that the origins of hip-hop can be traced to one particular performance back in 1973. Hip-hop music was an inevitable ...
The Conversation

From breakbeats to the dance floor: How hip‑hop and house revolutionized music and culture

There was a time when artists representing two of America’s biggest homegrown musical genres wouldn’t get a look in at the Grammys. At this year’s awards, taking place on Feb. 2, hip-hop and house ...
AOL

Mamdani dances with Knicks player to hip hop classic during NBA championship parade

Zohran Mamdani celebrated with the New York Knicks as he danced with players during the team's championship parade on Thursday (18 June). On Saturday (13 June), the Knicks clinched the title after ...