This story is part of our new Hip-Hop: ’73 Till Infinity series, a celebration of the genre’s 50th anniversary. The one thing that I miss about hip-hop is the rap groups. There are a few prominent ...

To celebrate the golden anniversary of hip-hop, we rounded up 35 essential hits. These songs were hugely significant for the genre's growth and made an impact on the music industry. Our picks are ...

It was simple, really. Take a drum-laden beat, say, James Brown’s “Soul Power,” or Chic’s “Good Times,” lace it with some clever, rhyming lyrics — Mercedes, young ladies ? blend the track, smoothly, ...

On August 11, 1973, a young innovative DJ rocked a modest party for fellow teenagers in a small community room in a Bronx apartment building. What Kool Herc did behind the turntables at that ...

Dr. Jeffrey Ogbonna Green Ogbar is a history professor and the director of the Center for the Study of Popular Music at the University of Connecticut. He offered a lecture on the genius of hip-hop to ...

The Questlove-led all-star mega-medley of hip-hop hits during the Grammy Awards — which featured everyone from Grandmaster Flash and Run-D.M.C. to GloRilla and Lil Uzi Vert — was dazzling indeed, but ...

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On this day, December 1, 1990, this iconic rap single with a stolen bassline peaked at No. 1 on the charts in the United ...

In the chronicles of Hip Hop, the tale of the DJs who formed the genre’s foundation is a significant but frequently ignored episode. More than just record players, they were the masterminds behind a ...

He Who Walks Three Ways, from left to right: Ronald Clark, Juba Kalamka, Lori Branch, and Duro Wicks. This illustration is based on a photo taken by Dorothy Perry in Wicker Park in May 1993, a week ...

Describing my 2017 appointment as a faculty member, the University of Virginia dubbed me the school's "first" hip-hop professor. Even if the job title and the historic nature of the appointment might ...

When a publisher suggested that Questlove write a book about the history of hip-hop, he was reticent at first. Not because of any fear of writing — the Roots drummer is an accomplished author, with a ...