Rapper KRS-One attends a press conference for the launch of Smirnoff Signature Mix Series at Element February 26, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Scott Wintrow/Getty Images) *Several hip hop veterans ...

On this day in 1988, Boogie Down Productions dropped one of the best and most influential albums of all time. It was widely seen as one of, if not the first, politically conscious efforts in Hip Hop.

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(1989) "The Stop The Violence Movement"....[Info below] Featuring: Boogie Down Productions (KRS-One, D-Nice & Ms. Melodie), Stetsasonic (Delite, Daddy-O, Wise & Frukwan), Kool Moe Dee, MC Lyte, Doug E ...

The recently televised Grammy salute to 50 years of hip-hop was by all accounts a resounding success and beautiful celebration of the genre but the evening did have some notable absences. One of the ...

KRS-One caused a firestorm of controversy and also conversation about how Hip-Hop as a culture should respond to late corporate “love.” Legendary MC KRS-One of Boogie Down Productions fame shared his ...

On this day in 1988, Boogie Down Productions released one of the most influential and politically charged albums in Hip Hop history: By All Means Necessary. Widely regarded as a foundational project ...