August 11 is National Hip-Hop Celebration Day! The celebration was made official by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer last July, following the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. In a speech on the Senate ...

A service-learning course shows hip hop songwriting can help kids with vocabulary – as well as trying to make sense of the world Ask Deja Simms, a sixth-grade English Language Arts teacher at Durham’s ...

Fifty years after critics dismissed hip-hop as a passing fad, Grammy winner LL COOL J is taking viewers back to the genre's authentic New York roots with his new docuseries "Hip Hop Was Born Here," ...

The Art Gallery of Ontario recently welcomed The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century. The exhibit explores the extraordinary impact of the genre through painting, photography, ...

It was only in 2018 when hip-hop surpassed rock 'n' roll to become the most popular music genre in the U.S., but its glory was short-lived. In 2023—the year when hip-hop celebrated its 50th birthday— ...

The story of hip-hop’s beginnings has been highly contested, but it begins in the Bronx on Aug. 11, 1973. DJ Kool Herc’s sister, Cindy, is hosting a back-to-school party in their apartment complex, ...

Hip hop as an art form turns 50 years old in 2023. That means it's a perfect time for Fantagraphics to release a new hardcover collection of Ed Piskor's seminal Hip Hop Family Tree, a comic that ...

Hip-hop started with Nuyorican Benjy Melendez and his band of Ghetto Brothers. Dec. 18, 2012— -- It happened a little over 41 years ago, in the middle of a South Bronx park—a moment that would ...

From 1982 to 2020, here are 15 memorable records and lyrics rooted in protest. Decades before "Black Lives Matter" became a global hashtag touted by celebrities and leading politicians, hip-hop ...

In Deep Ellum, the streets are always buzzing with crowds. Walking down Elm Street, rock music pours out from the Three Links garage. Fans are waiting in line at Trees waiting for the next punk show.

Do first-week sales still matter? While 2023 marks the 50th year of hip-hop, ironically, rap is having a down year, as the genre reaches five decades in existence. "I know a lot of people don’t want ...