Though a self-described melting pot for the city’s social butterflies, there are about 40 people who are never welcome at 13 Pure. “Ninety-nine percent of the people are here to have fun,” co-owner ...

Established in October, a group of first-year students set out to create Hip-Hop Club — a place for students to come together and learn about the genre in an engaging way. According to Hip-Hop Club’s ...

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Raquel "Rockz" Aleman (bottom left) plays a game of chess with Mikey (bottom right). Hip-hop and chess may seem like an unlikely pair. But a new club has combined the two in a way that’s educating ...

Roo-Bar Lounge, a hip-hop club at 3480 Park Avenue West, will have to defend itself against charges by the City and County of Denver that it’s committed multiple code violations. On November 10, the ...

XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment: Jan. 7, 2003: Twenty years ago, 50 Cent kicked off 2003 with the release of "In Da Club," the first single from his soon-to-be-released debut album ...