On this date 45 years ago, Blondie released “Rapture,” a genre bending single that quietly became one of the most important ...

In 2024, rap music and hip-hop culture are almost inextricable from the commercial record industry. Created and incubated by people on the socioeconomic margins and firmly outside of the mainstream, ...

Remember the first rap song you heard? Some of your favorite rappers and DJs certainly do. While hip-hop celebrates 50 years of life, The Associated Press asked some of the genre's most popular ...

(Watch videos of the artists describing their early hip-hop influences here.)Hip-hop roots are traced to 1973 in the Bronx and it took a few years before rap records emerged — "Rapper's Delight" was a ...