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Flavor Flav and Chuck D bowed down to Mavis Staples in a sweet video from their meeting at the Newport Folk Festival.
From Pharrell Williams and DJ Mustard to Ester Dean and Missy Elliott, these Hip Hop hitmakers have style. See our list of fashionable rap producers here.
“Without hats, there is no civilization,” wrote Christian Dior. Of course, he wrote that in 1954. That was 71 years ago. The ...
Country music fans got a taste, and smell, of hip-hop at the Zac Brown Band’s Los Angeles show when Snoop Dogg made a ...
From the East Coast to the Dirty South, regional hip-hop has shaped music, culture, and attitude across decades.
MC Lyte, one of hip-hop’s pioneer emcees, tells CNN she’s “elated” with how far hip-hop has come since its inception back in 1973. “Look where we are. I am just so elated, excited, it ...
“Personally, hip-hop has been the soundtrack of my life,” he said. “Adidas is my daily attire because, as a child, I saw Run-DMC sporting leather hats and a fresh pair with no laces, live at ...
From legends like Slick Rick to rising game-changers like Sexyy Red, PEOPLE spoke with over 30 prominent musicians about hip-hop's 50th anniversary, and what the milestone means to them personally ...
Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Dec. 25, 2023. Click here for that audio. In the years since hip-hop originated in New York, many other cities have fueled its global success ...