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Since Hip Hop began it’s been very much a man’s world. In the second show of our series celebrating 50 years of this musical phenomenon, we look at the role women play in this cultural revolution. We meet one of today’s rising female stars from the Bronx, 19-year-old Kenzo B.…

This week we're celebrating 50 years since the birth of hip-hop. More than a musical genre, it’s a global phenomenon. Business, sport, fashion, politics – hip-hop influences it all. Our culture team has recorded a four-part series in New York and Paris to trace its journey from the streets of…

He may have been born in the Bronx, but designer Ralph Lauren took over a different New York city borough, Brooklyn, with a sumptuous event that marked his return to New York Fashion Week after four years

The Trump Organization will offload its rights to operate a Bronx golf course to a company that is seeking to build a casino in New York City

Its widely accepted birth date is 11 August 1973, when a now legendary party was thrown in a community room at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, a tower block in the Bronx, New York. It was organised by Cindy Campbell, a Jamaican-born teenager, who charged 25 cents for ladies and 50 cents…

Catch the Bills in Buffalo, swim in Syracuse and watch baseball in The Bronx on this East Coast sports safari

The mayor wants to build a new international home for the sport. But local players and Bronx residents aren’t happy with the plan

In an increasingly strange hostage-taking that sprawled three boroughs, the incident included a shopping spree in the Bronx

An eight-hour concert Friday night was a procession of generations of hip-hop royalty, from the Sugar Hill Gang to current stars like Lil Wayne. Run-DMC gave what was billed as their last performance.

On August 11 1973, DJ Kool Herc and his sister Cindy threw the now legendary Back To School jam in the recreation room of 1520 Sedgewick Avenue in The Bronx, New York.

Music historians agree that the birth of hip-hop culture happened on 11 August 1973 in an apartment in the Bronx, a New York City borough. Since then, the movement has gone through five decades of intense renewal and influenced a plethora of musicians around the world – including in France.