Rappers and their alter egos have a long history, but here are some of the wildest ones to date. By Mackenzie Cummings-Grady ...

Since the mid-1980s when hip-hop fully entered the popular culture, filmmakers have been including dope beats and great rhymes in the soundtracks of their movies, creating some of the best ...

For his latest album cycle, the rapper is embracing ’80s staples like enormous Cazal glasses and retro Converse high-tops.

Hip-hop and house both have their origins in the 1970s and early 1980s – in fact, they recently celebrated a 50th and 40th birthday, respectively. But it was only in 1989 that an award category ...

Fifty years ago and 200 miles away, hip-hop was born in the Bronx. But by the early '80s, this city and its rappers were establishing an identity and culture all their own.

In the 1980s, hip-hop promoter, activist, and rapper Carrico “Kingdom Rock” Sanders Sr. founded Ill State Assassins (whose ranks included Ang13, E.C. Illa, Toxic, and the Legendary Traxster ...

Kurtis Blow's 1984 classic "Basketball" was not just about his personal love for the game, but an expression of solidarity between the game and rap. Since hip hop came onto the scene in 1973, its ...

After rising to fame with Will Smith in the early 1990s, DJ Jazzy Jeff has carved out his own niche in hip-hop.

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He massages the seemingly over-mined wells of 1960s jazz, with 1970s soul, 1980s hip-hop, and, being a good son of Detriot, that Motown sound from every era into an infectiously fun product. From ...

Since the mid-1980s when hip-hop fully entered the popular culture, filmmakers have been including dope beats and great rhymes in the soundtracks of their movies, creating some of the best ...