Alvin Jones talks about the legacy of BET's Rap City and hip-hop's lasting influence on the world. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News: photos: Alvin Jones/Rhodman Enterprises) "Everybody thought hip-hop ...
Fans of Hip-Hop in the 1990s and 2000s could not stay away from BET’s Rap City. The show had multiple hosts throughout its run but the most popular and notable was Big Tigger, who led the show from ...
Big Tigger will host a special edition of the beloved show ‘Rap City’ prior to the 2021 BET Hip Hop Awards on October 5. Big Tigger will serve as the special’s host and executive producer. The ...
Fans of Rap City are in for a treat as BET shares a teaser for a pending documentary on the series, Welcome To Rap City, produced by Mass Appeal. The three-part project unlocks never-before-seen ...
This is the second article in a two-part series, the first part was published on 8 September 2005. It is important to consider rap in its process of development. While the original inspiration for the ...
Hey, young world. Here's a story about one measure of the distance hip-hop has traveled in its 50 years. Once upon a time, not long ago, to paraphrase a great rap storyteller, an 11-year-old in Queens ...
Back in the 1970s, when Afrika Bambaataa dropped the Rolling Stones’ “Honky Tonk Women” into his DJ set at, say, the Bronx River Community Center, the earth didn’t move under his turntables. He wasn’t ...