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.

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.

Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st century, is something a bit different, a show in which fine art is sprinkled through ...

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

His innovative use of breakbeats at block parties in the Bronx during the 1970s laid the groundwork for what would become Hip Hop culture. By isolating and extending the instrumental breaks of ...

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 ...

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

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 ...