New campaign "The Living Tracklist” seeks to establish a canon for the genre and employs packaging, social content and a ...

The single climbs from the runner-up spot, reflecting its status as the most-played song on panel-contributing mainstream R&B ...

“Rapper’s Delight” will always be considered the song that introduced hip-hop to the masses. The Sugarhill Gang classic with its tongue-twisting opening – “I said a-hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie to ...

Rock and hip-hop truly didn't see eye to eye in 1986, but just how much did Run-DMC and Aerosmith's collaboration do to fix ...

Hop” (Backbeat Books, 2026). I felt dumb for never making the connection until now. Rap and punk, argues critic Carlo ...

Hip-hop pioneer Doreen Broadnax, known as Sparky D, dies at 61, leaving fans mourning her legacy as a battle rap icon and ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Hip-hop is a nebulous label — always evolving, and difficult to define. Since its birth in 1973, at a ...

But the festival didn't give up, and decided to finally move to the Hippodrome de Paris-Vincennes in the summer of 2024. For ...

In 2017, hip-hop became the most consumed genre in the US, and it hasn't shown any signs of slowing down. Now that we're just over the halfway mark into the 2020s, hip-hop continues to dominate with ...

Hip-hop Christmas songs create a form of holiday cheer like no other. From innovative lyrics to stellar production, these songs help us celebrate the season in the most unique ways. With numerous ...

Long before streaming platforms and social media reshaped the industry, Beat Street in Downtown Brooklyn was the cultural ...

Renowned hip-hop producer Tay Keith has died at the age of 29 in Nashville. Keith was a Memphis native known for producing hits for artists like Drake, Travis Scott and Beyoncé. Renowned hip-hop ...