Wild Style is arguably the very first movie and one of the very few that shows the true essence of what Hip Hop is about. When Hip-Hop was being passed off as a fad that wouldn’t last beyond “Rapper’s ...

When the mainstream popularity of rap music elevated in the late 1980s, it often did so with the help of inventive sampling. While many samples came from the R&B funk world, clever hip-hop artists and ...

Even though it began 50 years ago in the 1970s, hip-hop music experienced a golden age in the 1980s and 1990s. And if the many classic albums, performances, and artists weren’t enough, there are also ...

Bun's got info on a one-night-only performance on August 1 at Smart Financial Centre for “UGK Been Ridin’ Dirty,” celebrating ...

Canterbury Crescent Filmworks, the film production company behind the Drop The Needle documentary, has been keeping the classic Canadian rap video flame lit by posting clips on its Twitter account ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hip Hop has long been a powerful force that influenced not just music, but also fashion, language, and lifestyle. This influence ...

The golden age of hip-hop is infiltrating some of TV’s most revered series of the modern era. From Nas to Wu-Tang Clan, classic rap tracks of the 1990s are soundtracking scene-stealing moments. Words: ...

Classic hip-hop music just received a big boost with the launch of a brand new radio station, 94.7 The Block! New York City will be getting a new Hip-Hop radio station. Gen X and Baby Boomers will be ...

Though it was released in 1999, "Southside" was introduced to the world on YouTube in 2005.

Sampling has been part of the genre since the beginning. The rapper names the three songs that artists keep turning to.

Long before he became widely known as a superhero, Anthony Mackie was the menacing leader of the Free World gang — and the ...

From the fun to the sentimental, this week, the AFRO has compiled a list of classic hip-hop songs to fill the air with holiday cheer. While we love Mariah Carey, in the 50th year of hip-hop, the time ...