The Memphis maven joins Cardi B and Nicki Minaj as the only female rappers with a half-dozen No. 1s on the radio ranking with ...

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MexStep and Svani Quintanilla have dropped a new EP that marks their first collaborative release. With little fanfare, San ...

While hip-hop is continuously in a state of innovation, early on its ear for music was attached to the sounds its earliest listeners enjoyed partying to.

'More than music' Asked when he knew that hip-hop was "more than music," Bronx rapper Fat Joe told Martinez it was when he heard the 1982 song "The Message," by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious ...

1980s 1980: Kurtis Blow’s “The Breaks” becomes a Top 5 R&B hit and is the first hip-hop song to earn gold record certification for sales of more than 500,000.

From Jay-Z to Migos, KRS-One to Cardi B, hip-hop has made plenty of statements in 50 years. Here are 50 essential tracks that show how it's done.

NEW YORK (AP) — It was born in the break, all those decades ago — that moment when a song’s vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage. It was then that hip-hop ...