In August 1973, the Jamaican-born Clive “DJ Kool Herc” Campbell held his first block party in the Bronx, bringing the Jamaican sound system culture to America and inadvertently providing the first ...

In the '80s, hip-hop hit the mainstream, and it's stayed there in the decades since. When hip-hop emerged, it had an urgency and power that set it apart from the pop that dominated the charts, but ...

The film even gave fans a glimpse into how Def Jam’s first solo artist, LL Cool J, earned his spot on the roster—bursting into the label’s NYU dorm “office” to audition and delivering his now-famous ...

People all around the world are celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop on Aug. 11. It was on this day in 1973 that DJ Kool Herc, playing a back-to-school party in The Bronx, introduced his ...

It’s spooky season and when October rolls around, hip-hop fans know the season is not just about costumes and candy, it is about eerie beats, dark storytelling, and the kind of energy that lives ...

The Hip Hop Classic tour touches down Saturday, bringing Scarface, Slick Rick, Doug E Fresh, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane and DJ Jazzy Jeff. It’s a supernova of ’80s and ’90s beats and rhymes, featuring some ...