November is Hip Hop History Month, a time for us to reflect on the pivotal moments that have shaped the Hip Hop genre and culture at large. One of those pivotal moments that will probably stand out ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hip-hop legend Nas reflects on the 50-year history of rap music, how successful his career has been, his recent creative freedom, ...

Rap beef is inevitable. The viciousness, the pettiness and the diss tracks are all a part of the brutal game. But outside of Megan, Minaj is known for shading other female rappers online through her ...

Though they might not always be as heralded, women have played crucial roles in some of the most impactful rap battles in history. Now, in a debut book from veteran culture writer Brooklyn White-Grier ...

Ask 10 hip-hop fans of different ages what the greatest year in rap music was, and you'll get 10 different answers. Music consumption is a deeply personal endeavor, shaped by individual taste and ...

An elegiac retelling of rap’s origins, Hip-Hop Is History also ends with a sense of hope. Buffy (Darren Robinson) of the Fat Boys in Chicago, 1985. This Juneteenth featured, among other festivities, a ...

Explore the rich history of battle rap and the birth of the Ultimate Rap League (URL). Explore the rich history of battle rap and the birth of the Ultimate Rap League (URL). Smack White, the founder ...

Chuck D is humble about his contributions to Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World — the expansive, four-part PBS and BBC series where he joins other hip-hop icons from Melle Mel to Eminem, ...

LA’s rap history is so rich and so diverse, you’d need to dedicate a few rooms in your home to store all the vinyl paying homage to this city’s history. Of course, there are some obvious starting ...

That was 50 years ago today. Though hip-hop’s oft-repeated origin story historically prioritizes the gift of poetics, we forget that rap’s storm of funk got the people going. From DJ Kool Herc’s ...