Rather than simply a genre, hip-hop is a culture – one chiefly expressed and disseminated through rap music. That notion of “keeping it real” – has been at its core. As ever with popular ...

The 1990s is often referred to as the golden age of hip-hop. During that era, rap music gained more attention from mainstream audiences, regional music such as East Coast vs. West Coast was ...

Everyone knows that one of the most important aspects of a party is having great music that can get people on the dance floor. Hip-hop's inception came from house parties hosted in the Bronx in ...

Depending on the decade, that supposed sound has been pop, hip-hop, R&B, indie rock or ... One of the most special reggae/world music outfits in New England is Dis-n-Dat Band.

This 1988 hit made it to the top of the US and UK rap and hip-hop charts. It even made it to no. 36 on the Hot 100 in the US. The duo released a couple of subsequent songs that year that did ...

Hip-hop culture is among the youngest music genres, and the phase of the packaged, commercialized rapper is making a crack in its steady decline in relevance. Instead, the undeniable call and ...