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 ...

Before the internet, before TikTok trends, a Bronx kid made his body move like electricity. Known to the world as Mr. Wave of the New York City Breakers and the film Beat Street, Tony Wesley helped ...

She knows what it takes.

Wild Style is widely regarded as the first film to authentically capture the true essence of Hip-Hop. At a time when the culture was dismissed as a passing fad following the success of “Rapper’s ...

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 ...

The 11th Annual Hip Hop Film Festival returns with a bigger footprint and a bold new mission, transforming its 2026 edition into a five day destination event. On top of that, every participating ...