Adrian Quesada reinvents boleros with psychedelia and hip hop in 'Boleros Psicodélicos II,' alongside Cuco, Ed Maverick, iLe ...

Fifty years ago, the genre of hip-hop was born in the South Bronx. Here’s How It Got Its Name. The musical movement, born at a party in the South Bronx, has a rich history ...

In the vast, ever-evolving soundscape of hip-hop, few acts have held their ground like The Roots, a cultural institution.

Hip-hop is at times accepted as synonymous with rap. But the reality is nuanced, says Carson and suggests a metaphor: "Imagine you have a multi-car garage. Then rap would be one of the cars that's ...

Hip-hop is 'fight the power' but also advertises for the power : Code Switch Critics point out the apparent hypocrisy of a pro-Black rapper like Kendrick Lamar headlining the Super Bowl halftime ...

MC Lyte, one of hip-hop’s pioneer emcees, tells CNN she’s “elated” with how far hip-hop has come since its inception back in 1973. “Look where we are. I am just so elated, excited, it ...

To celebrate Hip-Hop 50, MC Lyte, Jermaine Dupri and more voices in the genre write letters to the culture to express their love for the genre.

Hip-hop itself is still the dominant genre overall, with 70 albums featured in the top 200 this year. That well eclipses second place, pop, which has 47 albums on the chart.

The Hip Hop Nutcracker stage show comes to Disney+, bringing a remix of the classic ballet that incorporates a history of hip hop dance along with a new storyline.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, The New York Times asked the poet Mahogany L. Browne to write an ode to the genre using only lyrics.