Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At first, there was no message. Rap was all bluff and bluster. Party stuff, straight up. Hip hop, you don't stop. Throw your hands ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Hip-Hop shaped the sound of the streets and transformed the music industry, these legendary record labels brought the genre’s ...

Tjuan Benafactor’s “Trust Issues” featuring Benzino hit #1 on the iTunes Hip Hop Music Video chart and #31 globally, ...

UNIVERSAL CITY, Texas — Universal City police said five men recording a rap video inside an abandoned apartment eventually led them on a foot chase. Patrol Lieutenant Stephen Rios said some of the men ...

The origins of hip-hop as an art form are usually confined to New York City, specifically the Bronx. The subsequent story of how hip-hop and rap music were first placed on a record is not confined to ...

Beginning with looping a sample on a turntable in 1973, hip-hop’s evolution into the present day has technology baked into its DNA. Reading time 6 minutes This story is part of our new Hip-Hop: ’73 ...

Hip hop and jazz have a long shared history. In the 1990's artists like A Tribe Called Quest and Digable Planets were introducing younger listeners to jazz musicians like Grant Green and Bobbi ...

What started off as a cleverly written diss track has blossomed into something much more. During the 2025 Grammys, Kendrick Lamar’s scathing Drake diss track “Not Like Us” swept all five of its ...

At first, there was no message. Rap was all bluff and bluster. Party stuff, straight up. Hip hop, you don't stop. Throw your hands in the air, and wave 'em like you just don't care. Somebody scream.