In August 1973, the Jamaican-born Clive “DJ Kool Herc” Campbell held his first block party in the Bronx, bringing the Jamaican sound system culture to America and inadvertently providing the first ...

Veteran R&B crooner Stephanie Mills and the 1980s hip-hop band The Roots will headline 2026 Artscape, Mayor Brandon Scott ...

Hip-hop was created in 1973, and during that decade, it was a genre still in its early stages that was more DJ-centric with focuses on b-boy dances and live performances. However, by the time the ...

Hip-hop isn’t just a genre. It’s a way of life. What started as an underground movement in the Bronx during the 1970s has transformed into a global cultural force. From the raw beats of block parties ...

There was a time when artists representing two of America’s biggest homegrown musical genres wouldn’t get a look in at the Grammys. At this year’s awards, taking place on Feb. 2, hip-hop and house ...

Since the mid-1980s when hip-hop fully entered the popular culture, filmmakers have been including dope beats and great rhymes in the soundtracks of their movies, creating some of the best soundtracks ...

A musical timeline that covered the early 1980s through the mid-2000s helped rap lovers usher in the New Year at Chaifetz Arena Sunday night. The roster was jam packed – but for the most part there ...

Like too many young black men before him, underground hip-hop producer J Dilla had to wait until his death to receive the name recognition that eluded him during his short lifetime. Warmly ...

This poster of K-pop girl group BABYMONSTER is provided by YG Entertainment. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- K-pop girl group BABYMONSTER is set to release its latest summer ...

NEW YORK (AP) - One of the founding members of the 1980s hip hop group Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five was arrested in New York in connection with the fatal stabbing of a homeless man, police ...