Hip-hop’s origin story — DJ Kool Herc’s 1973 Bronx dance party — channels a naturally visual mythos. In 1973, the world was still enthralled with disco, while Marvin Gaye, Pink Floyd, the Rolling ...
The evolution of twerking in hip-hop culture is a testament to the power of dance as a form of communication and identity. Twerking has become one of the most recognizable and talked-about dance moves ...
A few years ago I found myself listening to a studio chief expounding about how important it was for Hollywood to tap into the latest youth culture trend, or as he put it, “catch a wave before it hits ...
Mr. Wave recalls growing up watching Michael Jackson’s “Dancing Machine” until he becomes a legend in the movie Beat Street. Before the internet, before TikTok trends, a Bronx kid made his body move ...
When director Rich Peppiatt first approached the three members of Kneecap, a Belfast hip-hip trio that raps in the Irish language, they weren’t sure what to make of his completely unsolicited pitch to ...