While it’s impossible to distill a history as rich as hip hop’s down to just 50 defining moments, here are many of the music’s game-changing artists and achievements over the past 50 years: Aug. 11, ...

That was 50 years ago today. Though hip-hop’s oft-repeated origin story historically prioritizes the gift of poetics, we forget that rap’s storm of funk got the people going. From DJ Kool Herc’s ...

For most of its quarter century, hip-hop has treated Southern rappers like its country cousins. Miami’s Luther “Luke” Campbell? “Yeah, he makes good, bouncy strip-club music,” those in hip-hop’s ...

Fifty years ago this month, some teenagers threw a back-to-school party in the Bronx. Today that party is considered by many "the birth of hip-hop." Hip-hop has a big birthday next week. Nearly 50 ...

The phenomenon has threaded through society since it was born in the Bronx in 1973. Hip-hop is on radio, television, fashion and sports arenas. This year the movement is celebrating a special birthday ...

In the summer of 1973, block parties were taking over New York’s Bronx borough as Black and brown youth were coming together to celebrate culture, community and a new genre of music: hip-hop. Born as ...