Pharrell Williams sits inside a recording booth in a fur coat and fedora. Documentaries are a great way to learn something new while remaining entertained by the possibly unfamiliar. Take hip-hop, for ...

The new documentary “Microphone Check: The Hidden History of Hip-Hop” makes its D.C. premiere at the Landmark E Street Cinema downtown from July 19 through July 26. “There’s a lot of misconceptions ...

Filmmaker Tariq Nasheed is hosting screenings of his hip-hop documentary, “Microphone Check: The Hidden History of Hip-Hop,” at Landmark Midtown Art Cinema for a week beginning on Friday. Released in ...

A Wichita hip-hop group almost made it on a national level in the 1990s, and a new documentary tells its story.

Assata Shakur, who died last week while in exile in Cuba, defined what it meant to stand on business. Gates, who was the editor-in-chief of an online hip-hop publication at the time, realized that she ...

A$AP Rocky was on hand for the premiere of Tariq Nasheed’s “Microphone Check,” which claims to tell the true story of Hip-Hop’s origins. A$AP Rocky attended ...

In addition to Maysles Documentary Center, H2O is teaming up with The Arab Film and Media Institute, ImageNation, The Hip Hop Museum, Grammy Museum, Black Film Festival of New Orleans, and ...

LOS ANGELES -- The evolution will be televised. The new documentary, "Hip-Hop and the White House" explores the relationship between the music genre of hip-hop and the politicians who shape the ...

As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, it is crucial to set the record straight about its origins. Despite the genre’s massive influence and global reach, there are still many misconceptions ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — After four years of work, writer-directors Carl June and Luis Libran have released “The Culture of Hip Hop: The Staten Island Story,” a documentary series following the rise and ...

An elegiac retelling of rap’s origins, Hip-Hop Is History also ends with a sense of hope. Buffy (Darren Robinson) of the Fat Boys in Chicago, 1985. This Juneteenth featured, among other festivities, a ...