Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the chronicles of Hip Hop, the tale of the DJs who formed the genre’s foundation is a significant but frequently ignored ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifty years ago, during a party at an apartment building in the Bronx, hip-hop was born. That seminal night sparked a globally ...

The 50th anniversary of hip-hop demands a tribute to the female artists who have played a pivotal role in shaping the genre into the cultural phenomenon we witness today. Hip-hop has long been ...

In the ’70s, hip-hop was budding at block and house parties in the Bronx, where DJs spinning turntables moved crowds like puppet masters. Until the late ’70s, most of those DJs were men; that is, ...

GloRilla and Cardi B perform onstage at the 2022 American Music Awards. Doors didn’t open easily for women in hip-hop. Female hip-hop artists have been trying to break that glass ceiling since hip-hop ...

Rapper Roxanne Shanté has a theory about why women in hip-hop now wield not only massive popularity, but respect. “(The music industry) is able to see that female rappers are worth money. They are ...