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Breakdancers in Gaza: Keeping It Real

Oct. 22, 2009
For traumatized young people under siege, a hip-hop dance crew offers both entertainment and release
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Hip-hop tourney makes chess less square

OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Chess got a little bit cooler at the Hip-Hop Chess Federation’s First Annual Chess Kings Tournament in Oakland, Calif.

Lineup for BET Hip-Hop Awards announced

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Black Entertainment Television Friday announced a stellar lineup for the 2006 BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta.

Blow launches Christian Hip-Hop label

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. Hip-hop artist Kurtis Blow and Holy Hip-Hop Music have teamed up to form a Christian-oriented record label.

Source founders to launch Hip Hop Weekly

NEW YORK, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- David Mays and Ray "Benzino" Scott, founders of The Source Magazine, are set to launch their newest U.S. periodical Hip Hop Weekly next month. A news release from the magazine's holding company, Hip Hop Global Media, said Hip Hop Weekly will be launched o

Hip-hop taking over New York

NEW YORK, June 23 (UPI) -- Two hip-hop festivals are scheduled this weekend in New York, each presenting its own social commentary.

Soul Dragon melds urban dance, opera

HONG KONG, May 14 (UPI) -- Soul Dragon presented a large-scale dance performance as part of the French cultural festival activities in Hong Kong.

R. Kelly big winner at R&B/Hip-Hop Awards

MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Aug. 7 (UPI) -- R. Kelly won seven of the eight categories during the Billboard-American Urban Radio Networks 2004 R&B/Hip-Hop Awards show Friday night in Miami Beach.

Jazz and hip-hop intersect in Hub

BOSTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Jazz and hip-hop, two uniquely American contributions to music, are coming together through an intended synthesis at Boston's Berklee College of Music.

50 Cent bags four awards

MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Hip-hopper 50 Cent walked away with four statuettes at the weekend Billboard-American Urban Radio Networks 2003 R&B/Hip-Hop Awards show in Miami Beach.

Activists announce PepsiCo boycott

NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The Hip-Hop Summit Action Network has called for a boycott of PepsiCo over what the group called the company's "cultural disrespect" of hip-hop culture. HSAN chairman Russell Simmons said the boycott was prompted by an apparent double standard for hip-hop
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Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic