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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A pioneering rapper and D.J. from the Bronx, Mr. Bambaataa was accused of child sexual abuse later in his career.

In the summer of 1973, block parties were taking over New York’s Bronx borough as Black and brown youth were coming together to celebrate culture, community and a new genre of music: hip-hop. Born as ...

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 ...

We’re celebrating hip-hop’s 50th anniversary this week. Wesley Morris traces the art form from its South Bronx origins to all-encompassing triumph. By Wesley Morris We’ve gathered here today to raise ...

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 simple, really. Take a drum-laden beat, say, James Brown’s “Soul Power,” or Chic’s “Good Times,” lace it with some clever, rhyming lyrics — Mercedes, young ladies ? blend the track, smoothly, ...

As it celebrates its 50th birthday, we are mapping hip-hop's story on a local level, with more than a dozen city-specific histories of the music and culture. Click here to see the entire list. If you ...

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Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. It was 1979 when The Sugar Hill Gang released "Rapper's Delight," a song widely considered to be the first hip-hop track.