Rob Base first rose to fame as one-half of the hip-hop duo Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock. Founded in Harlem, the group helped hip-hop to cross over into the pop music realm. Every rap artist that has found ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Hip-Hop icon Rob Base, known for “It Takes ...

On this date in the summer of 1988, Harlem natives Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock released their monumental single “It Takes Two” on the Profile imprint. Produced by another Harlem native, Teddy Riley, who ...

How to encompass half a century of hip-hop? You start by acknowledging you can’t. Too many stars, too many songs, too many places, too many scandals: Hip-hop is an entire universe — a musical genre, ...

As it celebrates its 50th birthday, we are mapping hip-hop's story on a local level, with more than a dozen city-specific histories of the music and culture. Click here to see the entire list. If you ...