Check them out below. Hip Hop was born in August 1973 when DJ Kool Herc and his sister organized the Back To School Jam at ...

and fusion/crossover hip-hop in particular has some genuinely flawless beats thanks to the inclusion of percussion and instrumentation in ways that more old-school DJs never got the chance to use.

Ageism in hip-hop challenges older artists, with some embracing adulthood and overcoming stereotypes of a youth-only culture.

During the 1980s Run-DMC pioneered a new school of hip-hop centering on the importance of the DJ/MC relationship. The group is credited with being the act most responsible for making hip-hop ...

Patrick Varine Friday, Aug. 11, 2023 7:01 a.m. | Friday, Aug. 11, 2023 7:01 a.m. Paradise Gray was a young boy growing up in the Bronx when what would become known as hip-hop began taking shape.

At this year’s awards, taking place on Feb. 2, hip-hop and house artists will be among ... mainstays in the kaleidoscope of American popular music and culture, having come a long way from ...