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Nashville's National Museum of African American Music's (NMAAM) kicked off its yearlong photography exhibit, “This Is Hip Hop,” on January 19 in honor of the genre’s 50th birthday. Beginning with a fireside chat between Chicago Hip Hop photographer Raymond Boyd and Nashville radio personality DJ Kenny Smoov, Boyd's work joins pieces by Bay Area photographer Traci Bartlow, veteran illustrator Andre Leroy Davis and Atlanta's Shannon McCullum, a self-taught photographer with more than 25 years in the music industry. 

With a focus on all of Hip Hop's elements—breakdancing, graffiti art, MC'ing, DJ'ing—the museum aims to highlight the culture's profound global impact through the end of the year. 

NMAAM is the only museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the

Snoop Dogg has announced the High School Reunion Tour with Wiz Khalifa, Too $hort, Warren G and Berner featuring special guest DJ Drama. Produced by Live Nation, the massive 33-city tour kicks off on July 7 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, then makes stops across the U.S. in Brooklyn, Atlanta, Houston and more before wrapping up in Irvine at FivePoint Amphitheatre on August 27.

Tickets will be available starting with artist and Citi pre-sales beginning March 7. The general on-sale for the High School Reunion Tour will begin March 10 at 9 a.m. at Ticketmaster. 

Citi is the official card of the High School Reunion tour U.S. dates. Citi cardmembers will have access to pre-sale tickets beginning March 7 at 10 a.m. local time until March 9 at 10 p.m. local time through th

The National Hip Hop Museum has announced the upcoming induction ceremony for CL Smooth, Special Ed and Black Sheep's Dres. The event will take place on March 11 at the NHHM in Washington D.C. with hosts Grandmaster Caz and Executive Director Master Gee.

Kicking off with a live broadcast of “Master Gee’s Theatre,” his weekly SiriusXM Show, Deputy Mayor Falcicchio will read the Mayor’s Proclamation. The inductees will then received their awards, a custom NHHM jacket and other ephemera. To celebrate the grand opening of The National Hip-Hop Shop and its dispensary ORBIT, limited edition cannabis strains will also be released in honor of each inductee: the Caramel King Kush, The Magnificent OG and Strobelight Honey Hash. The ceremony will be followed by an exclusive perform

Hip Hop was in the building at Webster Hall in New York City on Thursday night (March 2). Fans, friends and peers packed the famous venue for De La Soul and Amazon Music event, "The D.A.I.S.Y. Experience," ahead of the legendary group's first six albums finally going up on digital streaming services. Of course, the evening was bittersweet. Just three weeks ago, one-third of the trailblazing trio Trugoy The Dove died unexpectedly at 54, making their hard-won victory fall flat of the triumphant occasion it was meant to be. 

Nevertheless, the makeshift memorial ushered in the likes of Chuck D, Common, Q-Tip, Pharoahe Monch, Kool DJ Red Alert, former Tommy Boy A&R Dante Ross, Dave Chappelle, Black Sheep's Dres, Queen Latifah and Monie Love, who were all there to show their love

Busta Rhymes took the stage at Carnegie Hall for a sold-out show on February 27. For days leading up to the event—dubbed "Carnegie Hall Presents Power Network: A Black History Month Conversation and Concert"—he shared behind-the-scenes snaps of himself practicing with an orchestra, clearly excited about the opportunity. 

During the big soirée, Bus-A-Bus donned a fancy tux and sailed through his set, performing "Baby If You Give It To Me" and "Give Me Some More," among many of his other hits. At one point, Busta Rhymes stopped the show and talked about his childhood then brought it up to current times. 

“While [my mother] was making breakfast, I used to see Transformers and Voltron, so names like Optimus Prime, Megatron and Soundwave [I would hear],

The Jam Master Jay murder trial has yet to get underway, even though it's been more than 20 years since the Run-DMC legend's death and three years since the feds indicted Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington for the killing. But the case is getting murky. Not long after Washington accused key witness Lydia High, who buzzed the killers into the studio that night in 2002, of being "unreliable," now there's testimony the suspects intimidated multiple witnesses.

According to docs obtained by AllHipHop, someone referred to as "Witness 6" refused to cooperate with authorities, claiming they feared both Jordan and Jordan's father, Karl Jordan Sr.

"In a November 23, 2020 jail call, Jordan states that Witness 6 'put me at the scene' and discusses Witness 6 and other p