Perhaps more than any other style of music, hip-hop songs are best to dance to. In fact, when hip-hop was invented, there were five tenets to the art form, from lyricism to DJing to dancing. So, ...

When the culture of Hip Hop was only ten years in the making, this visual journey through all aspects of the culture was the blueprint of Hip Hop’s true roots Wild Style is arguably the very first ...

Even though it began 50 years ago in the 1970s, hip-hop music experienced a golden age in the 1980s and 1990s. And if the many classic albums, performances, and artists weren’t enough, there are also ...

This story corrects the day of the performances of "Hip Hop Nutcracker." It was June of 1980 when Kurtis Blow released “The Breaks,” the first rap song to be certified gold and one of the first hits ...

Wild Style is arguably the very first movie and one of the very few that shows the true essence of what Hip Hop is about. When Hip-Hop was being passed off as a fad that wouldn’t last beyond “Rapper’s ...

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 ...

Albums like To Pimp a Butterfly and 1999 blend jazz harmonies with sharp lyricism, proving the genre’s deep connection. Hip-hop may keep evolving, but funk and jazz remain its heartbeat, fueling its ...

In 2002, “Air Force Ones,” the third single released from St. Louis rapper Nelly’s second album Nellyville, became his third top 5 hit from that album, peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. 23 ...

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Friday marked an important milestone for music as hip hop is turns 50 years old, and people in Connecticut were celebrating the occasion. “Unity, music, becoming a lifestyle,” Queen Allen of ...

The Crocodile might’ve waddled a few blocks north, but opposite the old venue at Second Avenue and Blanchard Street, a new music night is taking shape in the heart of Belltown. In the summer of 2024, ...