The University of Richmond's Department of Theatre & Dance is hosting its second annual Hip Hop Week in November.

Primarily through direct sampling, hip-hop music provides a blatant tapestry of historical information that the listener can ...

We're continuing our coverage of the 50th anniversary of hip hop. And here in Brooklyn, as you can see *** very great turnout, local artists and elected officials while they teamed up to put together ...

Gayle King, who has been the face of CBS News’ morning show for more than a decade, is expected to depart as an anchor of ...

Native hip-hop artist Supaman talks about how he came to merge ancient, contemporary expressions with modern beats.

Hip-hop is officially middle-aged, but its mortality is hardly in question. Half a century after the genre’s birth, the GRAMMY Museum celebrated the lovechild of funk and DJ culture with an expansive ...

Her university’s vast collection of albums, scholarly essays and other ephemera helped establish rap as a course of serious study on a par with classical music.

St. Louis has a history as a musical culture shifter. Jazz, the blues, rock and roll are just a few of the genres where artists with roots in the region have had a pivotal role in shaping sound for ...

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers announced Tuesday that it would be presenting artist and producer Dr. Dre with its first-ever Hip-Hop Icon Award. The award honors "ASCAP ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Hip-hop music is celebrating 50 years, and since its inception the impact it’s had on ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) has partnered with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings to produce the Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap to be ...

The impact of music extends far beyond the play and pause buttons. Formed in the 1970s as an underground movement, hip-hop has expanded into various art forms and musical sub-genres – with rap ...