Exploring the origins of rap-rock, which blended elements of hip-hop with rock and roll, pioneered by early artists like The Clash or Blondie during the 1980s.

Hip-hop is a genre of music that originated in the United States in the 1970s. It has since grown to become a global phenomenon, with millions of fans around the world. The genre has been shaped ...

DJ, singer, songwriter and producer Afrika Bambaataa is a breakbeat pioneer and hip-hop trailblazer who was pivotal in the spread of the genre from the late 1970s through house parties and DJ battles.

Written by Grandmaster Caz of the Cold Crush Brothers, “Rapper’s Delight” remains one of Hip-Hop’s earliest cultural artifacts. In the late 1970s, disco, and soul dominated the club scenes ...

Graffiti and hip-hop culture have been intertwined since their emergence in the late 1960s and early 1970s, particularly in ...

Hip-hop arose in communities of color in the 1970s amid political abandonment and economic devastation. Today, hip-hop is practiced in nearly every corner of the globe and is one of the most important ...

Many Jewish rappers, managers and industry executives from different backgrounds and nationalities have left their mark on hip-hop culture ... was growing up in the 1970s on Long Island.

Starting out as an alternative culture in the Bronx in New York City in the late 1970s, hip hop – and other broader aspects of black-American culture – has taken hold in East Asia in recent ...

Deepa Unnikrishnan learns how hip-hop can spark community change. SPAN writer Michael Gallant reports Mumbai-based hip-hop ...