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 ...

August 11, 2023, will mark the 50th anniversary of the house party largely credited with the creation of hip-hop. Although the various elements of what we’ve come to know as the world’s most popular ...

DJ Kool Herc during RZA and Old Dirty Perform Live at BB King at BB King Blues Club Grill in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Djamilla Rosa Cochran/WireImage) Link Copied to Clipboard ...

The rise of electronic dance music (EDM) has been nothing short of meteoric over the past decade. What started as a niche movement in underground clubs has now evolved into a global cultural ...

As a freshman sociology major at New York University in 2000, DJ Cassidy — young enough already at 18, but looking “like I was 8” — got his big break one slow, rainy night at the club Lotus in NYC’s ...

The Bay Area hometown hero debuted a set 30 years in the making.

We're looking back on DJ Kool Herc's block party on August 11, 1973 which catapulted hip-hop into the cultural revolution it is today. The hip-hop genre officially turns 50 years old on August 11.

Nashville's Cannery Hall is hosting a hip-hop showcase featuring Don Ready, Adia, 1k Phew, LaNell Grant and Nathan Davis Jr. on Oct. 4.