A nostalgic crowd turned out to see an all-star lineup on Friday at Yankee Stadium, not far from the genre’s birthplace. Outside Yankee Stadium, where “Hip Hop 50 Live,” a 50th-anniversary concert, ...

On the first day of the new millennium, rapper Slug, one half of Minneapolis-based duo Atmosphere, opened his guest verse on DJ Abilities’ song “Exclusive” by recalling “the earlier days when [he] ...

K-pop girl group Young Posse is seen in this photo provided by DSP Media. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE)(Yonhap) SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Yonhap) ...

A reader recently asked us which old-school rap songs would never survive a modern label's legal review, and honestly, the list writes itself. It sounds simple until you actually start answering it.

Rap started to make its impact on the world of mainstream pop music in the late 80s. Little by little, bands and acts that had already become stars in the hip hop arena began to work their way higher ...

Dr. Ralph is a professor of anthropology at Princeton. The rap battle between Drake and Kendrick Lamar is about more than whatever personal beefs these two men have with each other. As many have noted ...

Hip hop has never been just one thing. It started with block parties and breakbeats, but over time, it grew into a mix of styles that each reflect different places, stories, and sounds. From the early ...

The rising rapper is making noise with Bars On Guitars, his viral social media series that puts lyrical hip-hop over his own ...

Hip-hop is nearly 50 years old. Yeah, that felt weird to even type. In 2026, hip-hop is officially 46 years old, dating back to 1980. Hip-hop has come quite a long way since then, and being this far ...