Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. J.B. Moore, a key contributor to some of hip-hop’s earliest hits, died in Manhattan on March 13 of pancreatic cancer. He was 81.

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Filmmaker Tariq Nasheed is hosting screenings of his hip-hop documentary, “Microphone Check: The Hidden History of Hip-Hop,” at Landmark Midtown Art Cinema for a week beginning on Friday. Released in ...

While hip-hop celebrates 50 years of life, The Associated Press asked some of the genre's most popular artists to recall their first memory of hearing rap and how the moment resonated with ...

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Hip-hop‘s journey from underground movement to global cultural force spans five decades of evolution, during which lyrical content has both reflected and influenced societal changes. Industry experts ...

J.B. Moore, a key contributor to some of hip-hop's earliest hits, died in Manhattan on March 13 of pancreatic cancer. He was 81. Though not well-known today, Moore was instrumental in hip-hop's early ...

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