On March 7, 1987, the Beastie Boys' record-breaking debut album Licensed To Ill became the first-ever hip-hop album to chart ...

On March 5, 1991, Boston’s own Ed O.G. and Da Bulldogs delivered one of the most authentic and socially grounded debuts of ...

Flavor Flav's clock. Nicki Minaj's Barbie pendant. Slick Rick's crown and eyepatch. These are famous symbols of hip-hop. But perhaps the most iconic piece of them all is Ghostface Killah's eagle cuff.

Though Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson has spent this year celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop by curating a Grammy Awards tribute and stacking the Roots Picnic lineup with beloved artists from the ...

The Hip Hop Museum is proud to highlight two Black History Month initiatives that underscore its commitment to ...

The Roots Released Their Fourth LP 'Things Fall Apart' 27 Years Ago The Roots 'Things Fall Apart' 27 Years Ago ...

As Hip Hop celebrates its 50 years of influence on music and culture, UMass Boston gives us local context with the Massachusetts Hip-Hop Archive, housed in the Joseph P. Healy Library at UMass. The ...

Hip-hop was born 50 years ago in the Bronx, just north of Yankee Stadium. Friday, September 1, 2023 BRONX, New York -- It was 50 years ago in an apartment building in the Bronx, about a mile and a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “The civil rights laws and the assassinations that happened in 1968 lays the foundation for the desire for something new, ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. In Questlove’s fascinating new book “Hip-Hop Is History,” he rewrites hip ...

The 1980s were a decade when artists pushed boundaries and challenged social norms through provocative lyrics. While some ...

HISTORY. AUGUST 11TH, 1973, JAMAICAN BORN DJ KOOL HERC PERFORMED AT A PARTY IN THE BRONX, NEW YORK, USING TWO TURNTABLES, HE LOOPED MUSICAL BREAKS IN REAL TIME, CREATING MORE SPACE FOR PARTY GOERS TO ...