Honestly, ten years doesn’t seem like much when you’re living through it. A decade passes and you look back thinking ...

Many people who know Cymande, the genre-bending British band from the early ’70s, have their own Cymande origin story. For the director Tim MacKenzie-Smith, “it was a mixtape that was passed to me at ...

To celebrate the golden anniversary of hip-hop, we rounded up 35 essential hits. These songs were hugely significant for the genre's growth and made an impact on the music industry. Our picks are ...

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, ...

Beastie Boys and Run-DMC, Public Enemy and Salt n Pepa (Credit: Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images, Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images, Michael Putland/Getty Images) In August 1973, the ...

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 ...

Music lovers descended on Brooklyn on Saturday to honor a hip-hop legend on the 50th birthday of the genre. "Disco King Mario" is known as a founding father of hip-hop in New York. Fans said it was at ...

It was the best of hip-hop times. It was the worst of hip-hop times. Ha! 2025 was a rollercoaster of rap music’s highs and lows. The duality was so real. I can’t recall a year with such a wide array ...

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We’ve got another new episode of “Love & Hip Hop Atlanta” which airs tonight, Tuesday, Feb. 6, at 8 p.m. Eastern on MTV. Be sure to tune into season 11, episode 20 and you can watch it for free on ...

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