LGBTQ+ artists are breaking barriers and shaping the sound and culture of Hip-Hop and R&B. Artists like Queen Latifah, ...
Six-time Grammy Award-winning drummer and producer Questlove is digging deep into the roots of hip-hop and uncovering how the genre has impacted culture. He explains it all in his new book "Hip-Hop is ...
Aug. 11, 1973 is widely considered to be the day that hip-hop was born, when DJ Kool Herc brought out his "merry-go-round" style of record-spinning during a party at 1520 Sedgewick Ave., in the Bronx, ...
The 52nd Annual American Music Awards, held on May 25, 2026, officially belonged to the Bronx’s finest. Cardi B silenced any ...
The Smithsonian Anthology of Hip Hop and Rap tracks the evolution of the genre from its music to its culture and to its people. "Everything that is part of hip-hop," says the Smithsonian's Dwandalyn ...
In a recent revealing interview with Billboard, Miley Cyrus opened up about everything from her relationship with Liam Hemsworth to her own gender identity to her marijuana use — not to mention the ...
In case you hadn’t heard, hip-hop celebrated its 50th anniversary this week. It started as a niche movement in New York in the early 1970s, and now, it is the world’s biggest genre of music and ...
NEW YORK (AP) — It was born in the break, all those decades ago — that moment when a song's vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage. It was then that hip-hop came into the ...
Rap music often revolves around the artist, who gets the accolades, adoration and top billing. But at one time, there was a clear understanding in hip-hop that the DJ was at the top of the food chain.
Hip-hop in its earliest incarnations was an experiential thing — not just because rappers and DJs had yet to secure the backing of major labels, but because their work depended on the texture and ...
For more than 20 years John Holl has been covering the beer industry as a reporter and editor. He is the co-owner and editor of All About Beer. On-air he hosts the Drink Beer, Think Beer podcast, the ...