The Early Years of Hip-Hop in Photography
This is a discussion and presentation by 3 photographers who captured some of the earliest photographs of the hip-hop culture in New York City during the 1970’s and 1980’s. Some of the images in...
Category: Videos
DJ related videos
All Female DJ’s Rockin the House at LP’n Harmony in Brooklyn
Peace party people, I was able to enjoy listening to 5 out of 6 female DJ’s who played at LPn’ Harmony in Williamsburg Brooklyn on February 15, 2015. There were some really good DJ’s...
Cause And Effect NYC
Recently, I spent some time with the hip-hop group Cause And Effect in Queens, NY. The duo, consisting of Mighty Buda and Shabazz See, have been rhyming together for more than 20 years and...
Astoria DJ Group – Rocks the house
The Astoria DJ Group features a collective of DJs who get together to spin a variety of music — every first and third Sunday of the month — at LP& Harmon in Williamsburg, Brooklyn....
Back In Biz – DJ Shakiem Hip-Hop Mixtape
Here’s a video of the latest DJ Shakiem Hip-Hop Mixtape on Podomatic and in iTunes. Take a listen and enjoy.
Is Hip-Hop History 4th Annual Conference Latino Panel
This year’s fourth annual “Is Hip-Hop Histor” conference began with a reception for “Uncle” Ralph McDaniels to recognize his 30th anniversary of hosting the first hip-hop video program Video Music Box. The keynote speaker...
Krush Groove Movie Discussion – NJPAC
Writer, director and hip-hop critic Nelson George hosted a screening and discussion of the 1985 hip-hop movie “Krush Groove” on March 1, 2013 at NJPAC. The panelists were Bill Stephney and Bill Adler. Stephney...
Rakim at NJPAC August 16, 2012
Thursday August 16, 2012 was a beautiful day in the NYC tri-state area and Rakim was scheduled to perform at NJPAC. The opening act was b.FUNK a live hip-hop/funk band. They warmed up the...
Busta Rhymes & Friends 7/14/2012
2012’s Brooklyn Bodega Hip-Hop Festival was absolutely LEGENDARY! Some of the under-card artists included Ka, Chuuwee, $amhill and Fat Tony. For the main event, Busta started things up by performing many of his hits back...
Uncle Ralph’s Video Music Box at MoCADA Brooklyn
BrooklynBodega and The Brooklyn Historical Society put on a (#BEI)Bodega Education Initiative on Thursday May 5th, 2012 to discuss the origins of Video Music Box and MoCADA and how they connected for “The Box...
New Yorker of a Certain Age – 98.7 Kiss FM WRKS NYC
There were two very informative and well done articles on the monumental shake up in urban radio in New York City two weeks ago. In fact, the title of this piece comes from the...
PGeneral – Bush Kept Secret Vol 2
P. General from Flatbush Brooklyn has just released his Bush Kept Secret Vol 2. He had a listening party at Delroy’s on Fenimore Av in Flatbush on Friday night that was very well attended....
These Are The Breaks: Roundtable Discussion
EMP Conference 2012 Moderator: Dan Charnas Panelists: Bill Stephney, Brian Coleman, BreakBeat Lou Flores and Joe Schloss Much respect to my man BreakBeat Lou for making the breaks available to DJ’s like me. Those...
Heavy D- The Overweight Lover to Notorious B.I.G.
BrooklynBodega.com and Brooklyn Historical Society recently joined forces to pay homage to Heavy D and trace the link between him and another lyrical and physical heavyweight in hip hop, the Notorious B.I.G. A dope...
The Evolution of Toronto’s Hip-hop Sound
Del F. Cowie, “Hardly Home, But Always Reppin’: The Evolution of Toronto’s Hip-hop Sound” A discussion about the history of the hip-hop scene in T-Dot, Toronto Canada
3rd Annual Is Hip-Hop History? Conference NYC Day1
This was the 3rd annual Is Hip Hop History? Conference. organized by Warren Orange and Elena Romero of the Center for Worker Education, CCNY the theme was “The Battle“. The first day of the...
Protected: Lecrae Statik Selektah – Live Let Live
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
AMNH Discussion – Darryl “DMC” McDaniels
The American Museum of Natural History hosted a day of family-friendly activities on Saturday February, 18th 2012 in New York City. The highlight of the evening was a discussion with DMC of RUN-DMC. He...
Birth Of Duck Down Records
Red Bull Music Academy Session Brooklyn Conversation with Buckshot & Dru Ha Public Assembly Brooklyn, NY Buckshot and Dru Ha talk about how they first met and how their relationship developed, leading to the...