Early hip-hop pioneers from the 1970s ... yet the mainstream narrative often sidelines these origins. Country music, for ...

Hip-hop originated in the Bronx area of New York in the 1970s. Its vocal origins lie in the Jamaican ... The beat was almost always in 4/4 time, and the music often included drum machines and ...

Back in 2008, when Jay Z (above) was announced as the Saturday headliner, Noel Gallagher famously told BBC News, “I’m not having hip hop at Glastonbury ... much like rap music, or electronica ...

rich heritage and innovative music events. Because hip-hop relies on the spoken word, samples and borrowed beats, the accents, sub-cultures and mannerisms of its places of origin affect it enormously.

Catrise Johnson: The history of hip-hop started in the Bronx of New York City in 1973 ... Laurieann Gibson: The four main pillars of hip-hop are the DJ, the commander of the music, the MC, which is ...

Many hip-hop songs have become "anthems of resilience ... The final pillar is “knowledge,” referring to the origins of ...

On this day in Hip-Hop history, Brooklyn’s own Jay-Z released he would-be retirement album The Black Album. Although there ...

The latest New Music Friday arrives as a powerful testament to hip-hop's enduring ability to reinvent itself while honoring ...