Edmund Adjapong, Ph.D., Program Director of Secondary Education at Seton Hall University, joins Steve Adubato for a discussion about the educational and cultural significance of hip-hop and how he’s ...

Hip-hop turns 50 years old today. But hip-hop’s impact extends beyond its musical exports. Its fashion, vernacular, attitudes, and body language have been adopted the world over—spanning ethnic, ...

BRONX, New York (WABC) -- Hip hop history is so important to both artists and fans. In fact, "knowledge" is one of the so-called five pillars of hip-hop. The others are MCing, DJing, breakdancing, and ...

This summer marks a vital anniversary in the history of American music. Fifty years ago, on Aug. 11, 1973, a Jamaican-born DJ named Kool Herc helped his sister throw a back-to-school party in the ...

The formerly VH1 show “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” has moved to MTV for it’s 11th season. This series dedicated to hip hop gives fans an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the hip hop music industry in ...

Riley Stearns’ dark satire Dual brings his signature form of dry, deadpan humor to a story about a woman in the not-too-far future who’s forced to battle her own clone to the death in order to decide ...

“Now you gotta die, you dearly departed, bloodbath when I catch you, a real red carpet,” are probably the tamest lyrics on Bronx rapper Remy Ma’s almost seven-minute diss track aimed at rap star Nicki ...

Welcome to The State of R&B, ESSENCE’s look at the past, present and future of rhythm and blues. In this piece, ESSENCE editor Rivéa Ruff reports on the blending of hip-hop and R&B. Since the ...