Hip-hop history is coming home to Wilmington. This spring, hip-hop pioneer and Wilmington native Sharon Jackson, known as MC Sha-Rock — she's considered to be the first female rapper — will be honored ...

In this powerful episode of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D speaks with longtime labor activist John Reimann about the intersection of immigration raids and union suppression. Reimann reveals that ...

Wilmington has plenty of celebrated and accomplished natives, from sports legends like Michael Jordan to such luminaries as late country star Charlie Daniels. Much less known is that first female ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - WECT is celebrating Black History Month for all of February and highlighting some of the people, places and events that shaped black history. One influential person, the ...

The Funky +1 icon tells AllHipHop it’s all thanks to Kid Capri. Busta Rhymes was elated to finally cross paths with MC Sha-Rock, who’s credited as the first female MC. In a video posted to Sha-Rock’s ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The City of Wilmington’s Commission on African American History is hosting the first-ever MC Sha-Rock Day on May 17. From 12 to 8 p.m. at the Live Oak Bank Pavilion, the ...

The event is scheduled to take place June 7 at Gun Hill Park on Magenta Street in the Bronx from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. ET. It’s getting to be that time of year again, when Hip-Hop purists gather for the ...

Wilmington will host MC Sha-Rock Day on May 17th to honor hip-hop pioneer and city native Sharon Jackson. Jackson, known as MC Sha-Rock, is considered the first female rapper and was an original ...