Like any great musical or silent film, if you take your eyes off “Beat Street,” you won't know the whole the story. The groundbreaking 1984 classic is scheduled to screen Friday and Saturday at Athens ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From MPCs to FL Studio sessions, one thing remains consistent across generations of Hip Hop and R&B: The power of the sample. With ...

Guy Davis, who played Double K, is the son of late legendary acting couple Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis. Davis was in his early 30s at the time when he played the lead role. He is now an active blues ...

The '80s was hip-hop's Wild West. These 10 essential Golden Era albums defined the genre and still hit like a brick today.

During the late '80s and early parts of the '90s, R&B was dominated by the new jack swing era, with artists such as Janet Jackson, New Edition and Boyz II Men being some of the subgenre's most ...

Nas revealed plans for a Broadway adaptation of the 1984 Hip-Hop classic “Beat Street” at the Tribeca Film Festival’s 40th-anniversary screening. Nas has announced the classic 1984 Hip-Hop film Beat ...

Classic ‘80s hip hop movie Beat Street is set to be adapted into a Broadway musical by Nas. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Nas will be working on the musical elements of the upcoming show, using ...

This year, the world is celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, one of the most significant cultural movements of the 20th century. Although there’s no exact date for the birth of hip-hop — and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — It was born in the break, all those decades ago — that moment when a song's vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage. It was then that hip-hop came into the ...