Taco Bops, aka Tshoma Pugh, catalyzed the hip-house scene and helped launch the first all-rap radio show on the city’s ...

Hitman Howie Tee, a musical pioneer who helped define the sound of Hip-Hop and R&B from the late ’80s and early ’90s, has ...

After treading cautiously through the realm of hip-hop for nearly four decades, the Recording Academy has embraced the genre wholeheartedly in its most prestigious categories for the 60th Grammy ...

Another act that was still riding the crest of their creative peak, Eric B. & Rakim were both admired and admonished for their singular focus in the early 1990s. As gangsta rap, alternative rap ...

The beat is skeletal and brassy, splitting the difference between early '80s funk and late '80s hip-hop; before long, the song erupts into a grand, radio-ready hook.

The first hip-hop uniform was worn by rappers, DJs, breakdancers and graffiti artists alike. The early '80s b-boy look, which emerged on the east coast, comprised of Kangol bucket hats, chunky ...