When the needle hit the records on DJ Kool Herc's turntable, launching hip-hop's start 50 years ago, the sound pushed a new culture into the arts, especially music and fashion. Hip-hop's conversation ...

In October, Bad Boy Records’ Machine Gun Kelly topped the Billboard 200 for the first time with his fifth album, Tickets To My Downfall – charting higher with guitar-driven pop-punk songs than he ever ...

G Herbo was performing at Brooklyn Steel, a midsize, no-frills venue located in a dead section of Williamsburg. It was February 27, 2020, and the Chicago rapper was set to drop his third album, PTSD, ...

The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion, Vol. 6, No. 1/2, Special Issue: The Global Drumbeat: Permeations of Hip Hop Across Diverse Information Worlds (Winter/Spring 2022), pp ...

Check out all of the best moments from the 2020 BET Hip Hop Awards. Rapper Cordae opened the 2020 BET Hip Hop Awards Tuesday night with a powerful freestyle about the state of Black America while ...

Hip-hop isn’t just background music in games—it’s in the outfits, emotes, and entire player experience. Here’s how the culture took over. The effect of hip-hop deeply transcends into the entertainment ...

From block parties to Billboard charts, hip hop has never been one thing. This guide breaks down the major styles from old school pioneers and G-Funk grooves to modern-day drill, trap, and grime. A ...

For the first time this decade, three rap albums are nominated for Album of the Year at the 2026 Grammys. Here’s why hip-hop ...