Producers Fast Eddie and Joe Smooth mix at DJ International Studios in Chicago in 1990. Innovation was at the forefront of ...

Graffiti and hip-hop culture have been intertwined since their emergence in the late 1960s and early 1970s, particularly in urban centres like New York City. This relationship is multifaceted, with ...

The label would go on to launch the careers of successful R&B and hip-hop groups, including Xscape, Jagged Edge, Lil Jon and Da Brat, and it put Atlanta on the map as a musical force to be ...

Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...

Since the mid-1980s when hip-hop fully entered the popular culture, filmmakers have been including dope beats and great rhymes in the soundtracks of their movies, creating some of the best ...

On this day 45 years ago, “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang became Hip-Hop’s first-ever Top 40 hit, marking a transformative moment in music history. Released in August 1979 by the ...

Hip-hop's inception came from house parties hosted in the Bronx in the1970s. As hip-hop has evolved with several sub-genres like gangsta rap, conscious rap, trap, and many more, there's no ...

Speaking with Wallpaper*, Boyd reflects upon the inspiration for the ... There was no way that Dr. Dre and Snoop, or anyone else from hip hop culture would have been given the opportunity to perform ...

Hip-hop has been around for 50 years. Although the genre was first formed in New York, it has expanded tremendously worldwide. In the early '90s, rappers from the East and West Coasts were getting ...

TLDR: Canadian hip-hop artists Peter Jackson and Dax are set to release their first collaboration, “Believe In Us,” on February 21, accompanied by a... On January 17, 2025, Canadian recording artist ...

The Detroit-born, Maddison-based architect not only heads the small but dynamic studio, Brandnu Design, focusing on architecture, community engagement, textiles, and fashion; he also spearheads the ...