Known for its sun-soaked beaches, monumental parties and cultural melting pot, Miami has a unique sound that has influenced ...

New York hip-hop has become so massive that it can be pretty difficult to narrow down a list of songs that have helped define the region. To this day, New York remains a huge hip-hop hub as ...

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 Englewood, ...

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 soundtracks ...

By Trevor Anderson A week after Kendrick Lamar joined a select club of artists upon replacing himself at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, the rapper stands in a class of his own ...

Hip-hop originated in the Bronx area of New York in the 1970s. Its vocal origins lie in the Jamaican 'toasting' tradition. Toasting is a cross between talking and rhythmic chanting which was ...