Rap could have faded into the ether, like disco. Just because Blondie scored a major hit with “Rapture” in 1980, and ...

Both genres recently celebrated big birthdays. From their origins in the clubs and jams of the 1970s and 1980s, house and hip ...

The legendary DJ, producer and remixer talks about his early collaborations with Madonna and his association with the ...

At its core, hip-hop is a voice for the voiceless seeking to address systemic inequities through storytelling.

Building on the foundations laid down by DJ Kool Herc, artists like Afrika Bambaataa emphasized hip-hop’s cultural and communal aspects. Meanwhile, Grandmaster Flash elevated the genre’s ...