Rapper KRS-One attends a press conference for the launch of Smirnoff Signature Mix Series at Element February 26, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Scott Wintrow/Getty Images) *Several hip hop veterans ...

On this day in 1988, Boogie Down Productions dropped one of the best and most influential albums of all time. It was widely seen as one of, if not the first, politically conscious efforts in Hip Hop.

Produced primarily by the Blastmaster KRS himself along with the Human 808 D-Nice, Edutainment is arguably one of BDP’s best albums before KRS began to venture into solo projects. The title was ...

People looked to blastmaster KRS-One (short for “poet,” duh) in the ’80s not just as a fiery (and seminal) hardcore hip-hop frontman of Boogie Down Productions, but also as “the Teacher” into the ’90s ...

GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Legendary hip-hop artist KRS-One is set to perform at Hawks and Reed on Friday, July 12th. Known for his nearly four-decade-long career and as a founding member of Boogie ...

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(1989) "The Stop The Violence Movement"....[Info below] Featuring: Boogie Down Productions (KRS-One, D-Nice & Ms. Melodie), Stetsasonic (Delite, Daddy-O, Wise & Frukwan), Kool Moe Dee, MC Lyte, Doug E ...

Both beginning their rap careers in 1986, Kane and KRS were responsible for some of the most pivotal moments and bodies of work in hip-hop history. Kane, hailing from the Bed-Stuy section of Brooklyn, ...

Rap icon KRS-One, who rose to prominence in the mid-1980s with Boogie Down Productions, has been added to the entertainment lineup for the Riverfront Culture Fest taking place during the Ohio Black ...

The recently televised Grammy salute to 50 years of hip-hop was by all accounts a resounding success and beautiful celebration of the genre but the evening did have some notable absences. One of the ...

Back in November 2022, Kanye West was sued by rights holders over an unauthorized sample of pioneering rap group Boogie Down Productions’ 1987 hit “South Bronx” on Kanye’s album, Donda. The sample ...