Thirty-two years later, Nas's ten-track masterpiece, Illmatic, is still one of the most important rap albums of all time.

For the first time since 1990, the Top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 chart is completely devoid of any hip-hop and/or rap songs. "No rap songs appear in the top 40 on the Hot 100 for the first time since ...

Salt-N-Pepa at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony (Photo credit: Nagashia Jackson) Salt-N-Pepa, a name that symbolizes their spicy and bold approach to music, emerged from Queens, New York, in 1986 ...

Dr. Dre was bestowed an American Music Honor by the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music on Saturday, April 18 at ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Remember the first rap ...

In the ’70s, hip-hop was budding at block and house parties in the Bronx, where DJs spinning turntables moved crowds like puppet masters. Until the late ’70s, most of those DJs were men; that is, ...

On this day 45 years ago, “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang became Hip-Hop’s first-ever Top 40 hit, marking a transformative moment in music history. Released in August 1979 by the Englewood, ...

Listen to new must-hear songs from R&B/hip-hop artists such as JT, Chris Patrick & Mack Keane, Trap Dickey, MexikoDro, cortex, Jenevieve and Retch.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The wait for new music from Death Grips will soon be over. The experimental hip-hop group revealed that they are working on their ...

Outside the Lyrics,” a digital series that launched in 2024, now looks at how music connects people and builds communities.