From block-party PAR cans to billion-dollar stage productions, hip-hop lighting has evolved into a powerful storytelling tool ...

SURROUNDING THE MUSIC IS CANON. THAT’S THE MISSION OF A NEW EXHIBITION ON VIEW AT THE BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART. THE SHOW ENTITLED THE CULTURE OF HIP HOP AND CONTEMPORARY ART IN THE 21ST CENTURY, BRINGS ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Both Nas and DJ Premier are on hip-hop’s Mt. Rushmore, especially for those of us who came up listening to hip-hop in the 1990s.

Friday night saw Brooklyn’s Xanadu transformed into a hotspot for the future of hip-hop, as Billboard hosted its highly anticipated 2024 Hip-Hop LIVE concert. With a sold-out crowd in attendance, the ...

Nas praised Kendrick Lamar as Hip-Hop’s “North Star” while reflecting on the genre’s future and the importance of artists who protect its legacy. Nas called Kendrick Lamar Hip-Hop’s “North Star” ...

Following the continued success of Starz Power series and all of its connecting spin off series’, 50 cent has connected with Love And Hip Hop creator/producer Mona Scott-Young and former TMZ co-host ...

ON AUGUST 11TH 1973 Cindy Campbell, hoping to raise money to buy school clothes, hosted a “jam” in the rec room of 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, the apartment building where she and her family lived.

This year, the musical, cultural, political and economic phenomenon that is hip-hop officially turned 50, with hip-hop’s origin traced back to a back-to-school party in the Bronx on August 11, 1973.

Following Lauryn Hill's Grammy wins in 1998, a slew of clueless newspaper articles marveled that something called "hip hop" is more than a passing fad. While that must have been newsworthy to some, ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. On Friday (Dec. 12), hip-hop fans were gifted with an album 30 years in ...