1989: Kool Moe Dee dropped off his third studio album, Knowledge Is King, which was an instant classic. Kool Moe Dee, born Mohandas Dewese, was present from the start of hip-hop's emergence as a ...

Harlem native Mohandas “Kool Moe Dee” DeWese is best remembered for his ever-present hats and shades, but it’s his resistance to hip-hop clichés which fortifies his legacy. Anti-drugs and alcohol and ...

Rapper Kool Moe Dee, whose famous 1981 battle with Busy Bee may be the most influential moment in rap history, is auctioning off some of his royalties. Famous for legendary early '80s singles with his ...

*Episode 5 of the Radioscope Raw podcast features our Spring 1989 interview with rapper Kool Moe Dee. The emcee and former member of the Treacherous Three was among hip hop’s most successful artists, ...

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While Kool Moe is preparing to release his book, “There’s A God on The Mic,” pioneering hip-hop photographer Ernie Paniccioli may be filing a lawsuit against the rapper, for not paying for images used ...

Grandmaster Caz, Roxanne Shante and Kool Moe Dee are being honored at the 2024 Hip Hop Grandmaster Awards for their cultural contributions and lasting influence on the genre of rap. The 2nd annual Hip ...

The National Hip-Hop Museum (NHHM) closed out the year by honoring hip-hop legends at their Hip-Hop Holiday Honors held at the historic Bethesda Theater on Dec. 28. The recognition was in conjunction ...

This fall, there’s a brand new concert series coming to town, the Levitt AMP Chattanooga Music Series, featuring 10 weeks of free, live music on the lawn of the Bessie Smith Cultural Center ...

Hip-hop icon Lovebug Starski has passed away at 57. Hip-hop icon Lovebug Starski has passed away at 57. Released around the time mainstream America first started to fall in love with hip-hop, 1984's ...

Grammy winner Kool Moe Dee is set to bring a cool factor to NYC Homecoming Week. The pioneering rapper from Harlem will help lead Monday’s concert at the Bronx’s Orchard Beach as one of the performers ...

“I joke with my friends a lot and say I’m responsible for 50 per cent of the rap style that goes on now,” says Harlem-­native Mohandas Dewese. Idle boast? Mohandas, a/k/a Kool Moe Dee, has the longest ...