What do you hope that the music itself has contributed to these last 50 years of hip-hop? F---ing fun, man. There's so many artists, they so serious and never want to show the, not necessarily the ...

Hip-hop is celebrating its 50th birthday. It started with a back-to-school party on August 11, 1973, in The Bronx. Clive Campbell, known as DJ Kool Herc, improvised and played snippets in a loop ...

As New York City marks the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip-hop, NY1 delves into the history of the genre — and highlights hip-hop centric events happening around the five boroughs.

"Hip-hop became a lifeline for me as a teenager growing up in Compton," said the 57-year-old rapper and music producer, calling it an "entry point to do something I really love" and stressing how ...