How hip-hop took over New York politics - City & State New York

Rep. Jamaal Bowman and Mayor Eric Adams battled it out over who’s really hip-hop – as the once-maligned genre has entered the halls of power.

Mayor Adams Announces $5.5 Million for Universal Hip Hop Museum and New Capital Funding for Bronx Cu

Here's how NYC is celebrating 50 years of hip-hop this summer

New York 1980s Music: Hip-Hop, House and Everything in Between, Sound of Life

Hip-hop at 50: Its global impact has surpassed that of rock 'n' roll a generation earlier - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Hip Hop Town Hall

How New York City's 1977 Blackout Jump-Started the Hip-Hop Era

Roman Mars 99 Percent Invisible: Was the 1977 NYC-wide blackout a catalyst for the hip-hop movement?

How Bay Area Hip-Hop Found Its Sound in the 1980s

Best New York hip-hop: The 50 greatest NYC hip-hop artists

The Same Conditions That Birthed Hip-Hop Also Fueled the AIDS Epidemic