Tomorrow, Aug. 11, the hip-hop world will celebrate 50 years of rap music, five decades removed from DJ Kool Herc’s 1973 “Back To School Jam” in the South Bronx that helped to christen the genre.

It’s impossible to overlook hip-hop’s profound impact on the global music landscape as it celebrates its 50th year. Beyond its birthplace in the Bronx, New York, this genre has transcended borders, ...

Bigger Than The Music Hip-hop is a full cultural movement built on four main elements: DJing, rapping, breakdancing, and graffiti art. These cornerstones made it a lifestyle rather than just a genre.

The journey of hip-hop music spans a remarkable and multifaceted history, captivating audiences for over five decades. Let’s talk about hip-hop, a music genre that emerged in the United States in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hip Hop was formed on the streets of New York City over half a century ago, and since then, it’s taken over the globe and pervaded ...

Recent analyses highlight hip-hop’s enduring tradition of personalization and musical exploration, challenging stereotypes of limited genre exposure. From Jamaican toasting and doo-wop harmonies to ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The hip-hop music genre turned 50 years old on Friday. At the time, music critics called it a fad. Now, it’s one of the top-selling music genres in the world. Currently, ...

Industry insiders mull over the history of 'experimental' as a label for hip-hop and whether the term is functional, redundant or useless.

Despite how they’ve at times been ideologically pitted against one another, country music and hip-hop are often compared as the two forms of pop music that speak most directly to the everyday problems ...

Welcome to The State of R&B, ESSENCE’s look at the past, present and future of rhythm and blues. In this piece, ESSENCE editor Rivéa Ruff reports on the blending of hip-hop and R&B. Since the ...

A new wave of artists is transcending traditional notions of Christian music, drawing young global audiences to faith-based rap, Afrobeats and R&B. Often boosted by social media, many of them got ...

New research published in the journal Psychology of Music suggests that people often form negative opinions about individuals ...