Thirty-one years ago today, one of hip-hop's most influential albums arrived with little indication of just how lasting its ...

The NYPD detective who built hip-hop's first intelligence unit and said he'd solved the Jam Master Jay murder has died.

Philly's biggest free Hip-Hop festival is back August 8 with DJ AKTIVE, Craig G and Truck North hitting Eakins Oval.

A new exhibition at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre showcases more than four decades of Atlantic Canadian hip-hop culture ...

King of Spades started as an open brief from Affinity Design, a playing card deck that could one day become a physical product.

Thirty-one years ago today, one of hip-hop's most influential albums arrived with little indication of just how lasting its impact would become. On July 25, 1995, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony released E. 1999 ...

Rap music often revolves around the artist, who gets the accolades, adoration and top billing. But at one time, there was a clear understanding in hip-hop that the DJ was at the top of the food chain.

Songs are getting shorter and shorter these days. It’s normal now for legit hits and deep cuts in hip-hop to clock in at less than two minutes of run time. While that length feels shockingly minuscule ...

Crafting infectious hits that stay on repeat has evolved greatly in Hip-Hop’s 50 years of existence. Before we had drum machines, DJ Kool Herc unknowingly sparked a revolution while spinning records ...

Aug. 11, 1973 is widely considered to be the day that hip-hop was born, when DJ Kool Herc brought out his "merry-go-round" style of record-spinning during a party at 1520 Sedgewick Ave., in the Bronx, ...

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