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, ...
Remembering 18 influential Hip-hop artists who passed away in 2024, including Rich Homie Quan, DJ Mister Cee, and Rico Wade, ...
Hip-hop division co-chiefs Kevin Shivers and James Rubin along with WME partner Christina Baxter are in talks to join Casey ...
The visual narrative she creates challenges conventional music video formats, establishing a new benchmark for artistic ...
President Jimmy Carter honored and recognized Black musicians by creating Black Music Month in June -- also known as African ...
Jennifer Lopez once explained how she gave male rap stars a taste of their own medicine with the music video for this hit song.
Ariana Grande is explaining what really happened with that scrapped hip-hop version of "Popular," which composer Stephen ...
In 2021, KRS-One, Public Enemy’s Chuck D and Kurtis Blow founded the Hip Hop Alliance. The organization addresses the “needs and concerns of the Hip Hop and R&B workforce through advocacy, information ...
Overall, hip-hop has had its ups and downs with artists rising and falling, but we’re definitely entering another strong era ...
Vince Staples gets deeply personal on Dark Times, his most introspective album since 2015’s Summertime ’06. With a slower, ...
The famed Chicago emcee adds the world-renowned institution to a resumé that already includes MIT and Yale University.
Rapper Shad on sharing the richness of hip-hop with students taking a new course in Wilfrid Laurier University’s faculty of ...