One of the most influential voices of the seminal magazine The Source, he chronicled rap’s rise and its explosion into the ...

“The civil rights laws and the assassinations that happened in 1968 lays the foundation for the desire for something new, something that let people vocalize the feelings they were having in deep ...

Heather Augustyn will never tell you that Hip Hop isn’t an American-born movement, but if you can’t pick up the Jamaican and Ska influences in it, you’re not listening close enough. For Augustyn, one ...

In the mid‑2000s, one of the most explosive rivalries in hip‑hop history erupted between two rappers once aligned within the ...

On this date 45 years ago, Blondie released “Rapture,” a genre bending single that quietly became one of the most important ...

BRONX, New York -- It was 50 years ago in an apartment building in the Bronx, about a mile and a half north of Yankee Stadium that hip hop was born. That is where Clive Campbell, better known as DJ ...

For over 50 years, Hip-Hop has gifted the culture as we know it with a great deal. Not only has the genre introduced us to world-class talent, often taking up space in our hearts and memories, but ...

A new exhibit in Madison highlights Wisconsin's hidden hip-hop history. Curated by Gregory Doby and Menkhu Meri Maat, the exhibit runs through early September. The exhibit emphasizes community impact ...

Salt-N-Pepa at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony (Photo credit: Nagashia Jackson) Salt-N-Pepa, a name that symbolizes their spicy and bold approach to music, emerged from Queens, New York, in 1986 ...

When an Afrofuturist historian and an artist sit down together, the story of hip hop really POPS off the page ... "A very essential service for American culture and world culture," says graphic artist ...