Fifty years into hip-hop, we've gotten used to decades of headlines proclaiming the genre's culture is homophobic and misogynistic — that generations of queer talents were forced to the peripheries ...

Questlove, the accomplished musician, filmmaker and author, most recently of “Hip-Hop Is History,” is no doubt aware that his title cuts more than one way. It indicates both that hip-hop is a ...

Hip-hop has transformed music, and the world at large, since it was conceived 50 years ago. In a relatively short time, it's made a massive impact on every aspect of pop culture — and fortunately, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — It was born in the break, all those decades ago — that moment when a song's vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage. It was then that hip-hop came into the ...

PEOPLE spoke with several influential artists and newcomers about hip-hop's biggest milestone to date, 50 years after it was born in the Bronx Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV ...

Brandon “Jinx” Jenkins rode his bike to Kmart after school. It was 2000 and he was 13 years old, but he wanted Ludacris’ debut album, Back for the First Time. When he got there, he had to convince the ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Hip Hop started out in the parks and traveled far beyond the Boogie Down Bronx - lifting up underserved voices, transforming culture, and inspiring generations along the way. While ...

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— ...

Hip-hop in its earliest incarnations was an experiential thing — not just because rappers and DJs had yet to secure the backing of major labels, but because their work depended on the texture and ...

The most, and least, surprising fact of hip hop’s golden jubilee is its longevity. It wasn't supposed to last this long, but survival was its only option. From a Bronx dance floor in August 1973, hip ...

How to encompass half a century of hip-hop? You start by acknowledging you can’t. Too many stars, too many songs, too many places, too many scandals: Hip-hop is an entire universe — a musical genre, ...