Today, hip hop salutes one of its earliest architects as Queensbridge legend and Juice Crew original MC Shan turns 60 years old. Born Shawn Moltke in 1965, MC Shan was one of the first voices to put ...

"Flipping in the ghetto on a dirty mattress." Long before Lauryn Hill spit those lyrics, depicting the mixed bag of injustice and ingenuity that comes with inner-city living, Kejuan Muchita, the ...

“You’s a d**k blower, tryin’ to speak the Dunn language,” rapped Prodigy on Mobb Deep’s classic “Quiet Storm.” For most listeners, the line sounded like another slice of gritty Queensbridge slang, or ...

Tragedy Khadafi is one of the last of a dying breed. Lucky for us, he dies harder than Bruce Willis. Even at 14, he was putting out music—most notably a song with DJ Hot Day called “Go Queensbridge” ...

Biz Markie does most of his touring these days with theme shows. There’s the "I Love the ‘90s" tour, which teams the rapper, singer, beatboxer, DJ and actor with other hit makers hitmakers such as ...