I wanted Kid ’n Play but the studio said, “Who are these guys?” I replied, “They’ve got platinum records.” I had no idea if they did’ ...

Hip-hop icon Too Short is making a major return to the big screen with a role in the upcoming film "Freaky Tales," a drama set in 1980s Oakland. The movie, which opens in theaters on April 4, features ...

In photographer and filmmaker Gabriel Moses’ debut short film, The Last Hour, a man wakes up to find he’s got a timer attached to his chest. What follows is a quietly devastating meditation on the ...

He works in mysterious ways.

New Orleans native rapper McKinley "Mac" Phipps and his wife Angelique won an Emmy Award last week for their short film, "Rap Trap: Hip Hop on Trial." It won an Emmy for Outstanding Arts, Culture and ...

Hip Hop Film Festival’s 10th anniversary will spotlight Master Cyphers, a three-day Harlem series of film industry talks with a twist. The Hip Hop Film Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary by ...

Wild Style is widely regarded as the first film to authentically capture the true essence of Hip-Hop. At a time when the culture was dismissed as a passing fad following the success of “Rapper’s ...

The day was August 3, 1995. The location: The Paramount Theater inside Madison Square Garden in New York City. The event: The Source Awards. Rap music had been around more than 20 years but had really ...

Wild Style is arguably the very first movie and one of the very few that shows the true essence of what Hip Hop is about. When Hip-Hop was being passed off as a fad that wouldn’t last beyond “Rapper’s ...