The current US Top 30 has no songs that could be officially described as rap or hip-hop – for the first time since 1990. That ...

"Just A Friend" screamed POP HIT! The "vocalist," a Long Island, New York MC, deejay and beat boxing jokester, was laughably ...

There’s an old saying “There’s nothing new under the sun”, which we often write off as a figure of speech. However, when you recognize something you’re almost certain you’ve seen or heard before, ...

Though some feared for the genre's relevance in 2025, rap is well represented in the noms - especially Album of the Year ...

The 1990s is often referred to as the golden age of hip-hop. During that era, rap music gained more attention from mainstream audiences, regional music such as East Coast vs. West Coast was prevalent, ...

Fifty years after it was created in New York City’s Bronx borough, hip hop is a multi-billion dollar industry that doubles as a powerful political tool for Black Americans. The music for a ...

For the 50th anniversary of hip-hop in August, NPR Music is pulling together all of its hip-hop Tiny Desk concerts. All Things Considered host Juana Summers talks to Tiny Desk producer Bobby Carter ...

In August 1973, the Jamaican-born Clive “DJ Kool Herc” Campbell held his first block party in the Bronx, bringing the Jamaican sound system culture to America and inadvertently providing the first ...

VAIL VALLEY, Colorado –Who said an Irish pub in Colorado’s Vail Valley can’t host hip hop? Finnegan’s Wake in Avon will host its first hip hop show on Saturday. Monty Ambriz, who performs as Native, ...