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.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Black Entertainment Television Friday announced a stellar lineup for the 2006 BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta.
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.
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
NEW YORK, March 31 (UPI) -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg -- aka "Mike B." -- has announced the Big Apple's first "VH1 Hip Hop Honors Week."
LOS ANGELES, June 3 (UPI) -- Rapper/producer Lil Jon tops the list of finalists for this year's Billboard 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.
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.
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.
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
