One of the biggest mainstream break-throughs hits for hip-hop called from the group Break Machine.

Watch Break Machine's "Street Dance" video from 1984 below:

Kurtis Blow became the first rapper to be signed by the major label "Mercury" and released "Christmas Rappin."

Christmas Rappin' sold over 500,000 copies and became one of the first commercially successful hip hop singles.

Watch Kurtis Blow perform Christmas Rappin live on Top of the Pops below:

Ghostface Killah and Czarface (Inspectah Deck and 7L & Esoteric) announced a new joint album called Czarface Meets Ghostface.

The album is set to release next year on February 15, 2019.

Listen to the new song “Iron Claw" below and check out the new album's tracklist.
 

Celebrate Jay-Z's birthday today with a few Klassic Joints below:

Rest in peace to the legendary Pimp C. Watch Pimp's "Knockin Doorz Down" video below:

Rest in peace to the legendary Fat Pat. Watch the long version of his hit "Tops Drop" below:

In honor of Jay Z's birthday, remember the time HOV ranked his own albums in 2013?

Peep Hov's picks of his own Klassic Joints in order of best to worst.


1. Reasonable Doubt (Classic)
2. The Blueprint (Classic)
3. The Black Album (Classic)
4. Vol. 2 (Classic)
5. American Gangster (4 1/2, cohesive)
6. Magna Carta (Fuckwit, Tom Ford, Oceans, Beach, On the Run, Grail)
7. Vol. 1 (Sunshine kills this album…fuck… Streets, Where I’m from, You Must Love Me…)
8. BP3 (Sorry critics, it’s good. Empire (Gave Frank a run for his money))
9. Dynasty (Intro alone…)
10. Vol. 3 (Pimp C verse alone… oh, So Ghetto)
11. BP2 (Too many songs. Fucking Guru and Hip Hop, ha)
12. Kingdom Come (First game back, don’t shoot me)