The New York Times – Music:
Fifty years ago, a party in the Bronx jumpstarted an essential American artform. For decades the genre has thrived by explaining the country to itself.
Category: Bronx (NYC)
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How Do You Tell the Story of 50 Years of Hip-Hop?
The New York Times – Music:
Hip-hop is a fount of constant innovation woven into nearly every corner of American life. So don’t look for cohesion: Lean into the cacophony.
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Share Your Favorite Hip-Hop Lyrics
The New York Times – Music:
As The New York Times prepares to pay tribute to the genre on its 50th anniversary, we want to hear about the lines that have stuck in your heads and shaped your musical lives.
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Victor Wembanyama Takes the Subway to Yankee Stadium to Throw First Pitch
The New York Times – Sports:
Wembanyama, the 19-year-old French basketball star, is in town for the N.B.A. draft. At more than seven feet tall, he’s hard to miss.
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How the Head of the Universal Hip Hop Museum Spends His Sundays
The New York Times – Music:
For Rocky Bucano, who fell for the music after buying a Salt-N-Pepa CD in 1986, his work in the Bronx “doesn’t feel like work.”
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The Yankees Cap Goes Viral in Brazil: ‘Is It Basketball?’
The New York Times – Sports:
The New York Yankees logo is everywhere in Brazil. What it means, however, is up for interpretation.
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How Covid and the Rule Book Kept a Promising Athlete on the Bench
The New York Times – Sports:
Jahmir Harris, a top basketball player at Fordham Prep in the Bronx, was starting to get interest from college programs, but a last-minute decision by league officials cost him his senior season.
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Hip-Hop Fashion Pioneers Reminisce About Clothes That Shaped the Genre
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
At an opening for a new exhibition at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, attendees embraced a musical fashion history.