KRS-One

Legendary Bronx rapper KRS-One has been announced as the headline act of the 2010 Trinity International Hip-Hop Festival, being held at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. The fifth edition of the student-run festival takes place on April 9 and 10, and is a free event which is open to the public...

People expecting to see Reflection Eternal perform tracks from their first album in a decade, 'Revolutions Per Minute' due April 20, only got one-half of the duo. Made up of producer/DJ Hi-Tek and Talib Kweli, only the latter showed up for their SXSW showcase at Austin's Aces Lounge late Thursday night (March 18)...

Almost 17 years after their first collaboration, hip hop legends KRS-One and DJ Premier are finally working on a full length release. The revered rapper and producer first joined forces in 1993 on KRS' 'Return of the Boom Bap,' which featured Premier-produced gems like 'Outta Here,' 'Black Cop' and 'Higher Level...

KRS-One is one of the greatest rappers of all time. With that out of the way the things he says, combined with the crazed look in his eyes as he makes his points, is the stuff of legends. In a recent video, the Blastmaster explained the difference between MCing and Emceeing, or something...

New York City's National Museum of Hip-Hop has announced the launch of its annual Hall of Hip-Hop Awards. The museum, which was founded in 2005 and is located in lower Manhattan, plans to celebrate hip-hop's greats, two of whom -- Public Enemy frontman Chuck D and KRS-One -- will be hosting one of the museum's launch parties ...

While rappers paint mental pictures of personal stories through lyrics, there is no better way to visualize their concepts than through an album cover. Remember the masked gang pictured on Wu-Tang Clan's debut album, 'Enter the Wu (36 Chambers)'...

The "Teacha" is back again! KRS-One -- just months after releasing his collaboration album 'Survival Skills' with Boot Camp's Buckshot -- will be releasing a new album helmed solely by Wu-Tang-affiliated producer True Master. The release, which is "coming soon," was announced via a 30-second YouTube promo, which can be seen here...

A Tribe Called Quest's Phife Dawg assembled some of the illest emcees -- old school and new -- last night (Jan. 20) for the Mind Body Soul: A Benefit for Diabetes concert at Brooklyn's Knitting Factory. While much of the world are turning their attention toward the crisis created by last week's massive earthquake in Haiti, Phife, whose struggled with diabetes since being diagnosed in 1990, has bee

Rick Ross' posse Triple C's, also known as the Carol City Cartel, recently took aim at KRS-One in an interview with Rollingout.com. Their big bone of contention: KRS and others of his like often claim hip-hop is dead, but how could that be the case if Triple C's are still making money...

Legendary MC KRS-One will spend this Thanksgiving Day serving meals at the Bowery Mission in New York, the very same homeless shelter he once sought refuge at. The rapper, in return, will now be working to feed 3000 of the city's homeless on Nov...