The Bronx may be where hip-hop was created, but Brooklyn has always been a key influence in helping cultivate what rap fans have come to know as swag. Home to arguably three of the top 10 MC's of ...

XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment: Jan. 10, 1995:: Brooklyn, N.Y. rap duo Smif-N-Wessun made their full-fledged introduction to the rap world when they dropped their debut album, Dah ...

Just ahead of the 30th anniversary of their critically acclaimed debut album, Dah Shinin’, Smif-N-Wessun announce the launch of “Still Shinin’,” a tour that takes them from Brooklyn to Borlänge, ...

Seven years ago Smif-N-Wessun slipped off the rap map. After scoring a hit single, “Get Up,” with Talib Kweli in 2001, the Brooklyn duo seemed to disappear. But when Tek and Steele shoot into Harpers ...

June 28th was reportedly a “peaceful, fun classic hip hop party” featuring Smif n Wessun and Pete Rock who were celebrating the release of their collaborative LP Monumental. That is, until a near riot ...

Hip-hop has once again taken over NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series, this time, with legendary duo Smif-N-Wessun stopping by on Monday (Sept. 17) to perform a few of their songs. Backed by the Black ...

Brooklyn-bred hip-hop duo Smif-N-Wessun – consisting of partners in rhyme, Steele and Tek – illuminated the Tiny Desk with their signature, 80-proof poetry: straight, no chaser. Their music, inspired ...

Smif-N-Wessun have addressed claims that the duo and other members of the Boot Camp Clik were “traitors” against the East Coast due to their affiliation with 2Pac during Hip-Hop’s coastal wars of the ...

Hip-Hop and baseball have always shared a blue-collar heartbeat—built on discipline, legacy, and surviving pressure when the lights burn hottest. That’s the spirit behind 42, the new single linking ...

On the latest episode of “Drink Champs,” N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN sat down with hip hop duo Smif-N-Wessun — composed of Tek and Steele — to discuss hip hop’s 50th birthday, the East Coast-West Coast beef, ...

Brooklyn-bred hip-hop duo Smif-N-Wessun – consisting of partners in rhyme, Steele and Tek – illuminated the Tiny Desk with their signature, 80-proof poetry: straight, no chaser. Their music, inspired ...