Hip Hop

Explore Hip Hop in New York City, where it was born, including: hip hop artists, DJs, dance, festivals, theatre, and more.

Hip Hop News

Global Citizen Festival Features ALOK, Doja Cat, Rauw Alejandro, Raye and More

GREAT LAWN, Central Park 🇧🇷 🇬🇭 🇵🇷 🇿🇦 🇰🇷

Nicki Minaj “Pink Friday 2 World Tour” in New York City

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, Chelsea, Manhattan 🇹🇹
UBS CENTER, Belmont Park, Elmont, Long Island 🇹🇹

Hip Hop Day Commemorates the First Hip Hop Party in The Bronx

AUGUST 11, 1973 🇯🇲 🗽

Governors Ball Now Has a Latin Side

FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK, Queens 🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🇭🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇷

Ana Tijoux, Chilean Hip Hop at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!

LENA HORNE BANDSHELL, Prospect Park, Brooklyn 🇨🇱

Conzo: A Look Back at The Bronx, 1977-84 Hip Hop and Salsa at Bronx Documentary Center

BRONX DOCUMENTARY CENTER, Melrose, The Bronx 🇺🇸 🇵🇷

Forever Freestyle 16 Old School Latin Hip Hop at Lehman Center

LEHMAN CENTER, Lehman College, Jerome Park, The Bronx 🇵🇷

Mala Rodríguez, “La Mala,” is One of Spain’s Top Rappers

JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, Cádiz, Spain ~ February 13, 1979 🇪🇸

The Birth of Hip-Hop, and You Don’t Stop!

Hip-hop roots go way back, but what is generally considered hip-hop’s birthday was Clive and Cindy Campbell’s “Back to School Jam” block party at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in Morris Heights, The Bronx, on August 11, 1973.

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Dance Parade NYC 2023 DanceFest Gets over 10,000 New Yorkers Dancing in the Streets

DANCE PARADE
Chelsea, Greenwich Village, East Village

African, Afrobeat, Afro-Cuban, Bhangra, Bollywood, Bomba, Break Dancing, Caporales, Carnival, Dancehall, Flamenco, Folkloric, Hip-Hop, House, Jazz, Latin, Majorette, Mexican, Moko Jumbies, Reggae, Salay, Salsa, Samba, Soca, Street, Tammurriata, Tap, Tarrantella, Tinkus, and more. 🇧🇴 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇮🇹 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇹🇹

DANCEFEST Tompkins Square Park
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Saturday, May 20, 2023

Rhythm, Bass And Place: Through the Lens Photography Exhibition Shows Music & Dance as the Heartbeat of Latin New York at the CCCADI

CARIBBEAN CULTURAL CENTER AFRICAN DIASPORA INSTITUTE (CCCADI) East Harlem, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇩🇴 🇵🇷

Sou Sou Saturdays Celebrates Hip-Hop’s Femme Pioneers with Your Family at CCCADI

CARIBBEAN CULTURAL CENTER AFRICAN DIASPORA INSTITUTE (CCCADI) “El Barrio” East Harlem, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇯🇲 🇵🇦 🇵🇷

Works & Process Underground Uptown Dance Festival 2023 Brings New York Street Dance to the Guggenheim Museum

Thursday-Tuesday, January 12-17, 2023
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Upper East Side
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Afro-Latino Festival NYC 2022

Wednesday, June 29, 2022
ONLINE

Thursday, June 30, 2022
RESTORATION PLAZA
Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn
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NYC Dance Week is 10 Days of Free Dance, Fitness & Wellness Classes

Thu, June 9 – Sat, June 18, 2022
ALL OVER NYC
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El Laberinto del Coco Plays Bomba Fusion at CasaSaffra in Santurce

Thursday, May 12, 2022
CASASAFFRA
Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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El Laberinto del Coco featuring El Hijo de Borikén Plays Hip-Hop Bomba Fusion at La Respuesta, Santurce, San Juan

TRAVEL
Thursday, March 17, 2022
LA RESPUESTA
Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Watch the Red Bull Batalla 2021 Spanish Freestyle Rap World Championship

Saturday, December 11, 2021
REDBULL.COM
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New York City’s 1980s Rebound Revolutionized the Music World(s)

MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
“El Barrio” East Harlem
Ongoing
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NYC Dance Week Free Classes Closes with a 70s-80s Roller Skating Party in Brooklyn

CLOSING PARTY
Lakeside Brooklyn Skate Rink
LeFrak Center, Prospect Park
Sunday, June 20, 2021

June 10-19, 2021
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Cardi B is Gettin Real

March 14, 2020
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Brooklyn DJ iMarkkeyz remixes Cardi B’s Instagram rant. It’s charting and they are donating proceeds to CoronaVirus victims.

Maluca Mala, Dominican Hip-Hop

March 12, 2020
CARNEGIE HALL CITYWIDE
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
East Harlem, NYC
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Sponsored by
Carnegie Hall

Freestyle Love Supreme

Oct 2, 2019 – Jan 12, 2020
BOOTH THEATRE
Times Square Theater District, NYC
Latin hip-hop improv, one of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s (In the Heights, Hamilton) early projects, is the funniest show on Broadway

Dance Parade New York 2019

FLATIRON, UNION SQUARE, EAST VILLAGE, NYC | Sat, May 18, 2019 | Dance parade & festival | African, Bolivian, Brazilian, Cuban, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Mexican, Panamanian, Puerto Rican & Spanish dances

Wild Style

Celebrate the first Hip-Hop movie’s 35th Anniversary with original cast members and special guests where the movie’s climax was filmed.
SUMMERSTAGE
East River Park Bandshell
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Thursday, August 9, 2018

Dance Parade 2018

FLATIRON, UNION SQUARE, VILLAGE, EAST VILLAGE | Sat, May 19, 2018 | African, Argentine, Bolivian, Brazilian, Cuban, Dominican, French, Haitian, Italian, Puerto Rican dances and more