With the passing of the legendary vocalist and songwriter Roberta Flack. Hip-Hop Wired has compiled 10 songs that sampled her music.

All of it relates to the early '80s hip-hop scene in North Jersey ... or even just the music. Hip hop is a broad culture that also includes break dancing, fashion, street art (among the exhibits ...

HotNewHipHop closes February with top hip-hop releases, highlighting innovation, diversity, and the genre’s evolution.

A History of Hip Hop Sampling with John Morrison and Josh Leidy is 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7 at Monmouth University in West Long ...

Chuck "Jigsaw" Creekmur talks about Angie Stone's profound impact on music talking to legends of Hip-Hop Culture.

The late ’80s and early ’90s marked what many call the golden era of hip-hop. It was a time when the music was diverse, innovative, and unapologetically authentic. Artists like Rakim ...

Lean more about the diverse history of hip-hop with Meaning in Music, a five-part video series from the Smithsonian ... History and Culture Pair of white and black Run-D.M.C. Superstar 80s sneakers ...

Scottsdale resident Marvin Young, better known as Young MC, routinely encounters surprised reactions when people learn about his career. Conversations quickly turn to his multifaceted roles as a ...

It wasn’t until I got to Morehouse College and truly began my musical education (largely through crate digging for songs that laid the foundation for many of my favorite hip-hop records ...

The first hip-hop record is widely thought to be Rapper’s Delight by The Sugarhill Gang, which was recorded in 1979. In the 1970s and 80s ... and the music often included drum machines and ...