Hip-hop’s 50th Anniversary

Hip-hop was born in New York, but grew up in Philadelphia. This series looks at the artists from Philly who made hip-hop what it is and those who continue to shape its future. Link for more.

Miskeen founders Ibn Anderson, Kenya Abdul-Hadi, and Bariq Cobbs. Miskeen originals were worn by artists like Pharrell, Eve, Mary J. Blige, Lil Kim, and Alicia Keys

Stage is set for an underground hip-hop battle

Members of the flipabeat club make music at Cratediggaz Records in Philadelphia

Charlie Mack

Sloan Morgan, who goes by D4M $loan, poses for a portrait in his West Philadelphia neighborhood. Morgan appears in Peacock's Bel-Air.

Underground performance

The crowd records an underground hip-hop performance

DJ Jazzy Jeff

Cellphone lights for Gillie Fest

Cellphone lights out for rapper Chill Moody’s performance with the Philadelphia Orchestra

Meek Mill (left) and Gillie Da King share the stage

Gillie Da King is silhouetted after a video tribute was shown for his son, Devin Spady, 25, who went by YNG Cheese