Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK, NEW YORK--JANUARY 18: Rapper Rob Base (aka Robert Ginyard)records vocals for the remix of "It Takes Two" at Greene ...

From MPCs to FL Studio sessions, one thing remains consistent across generations of Hip Hop and R&B: The power of the sample. With that said, few eras have been mined more heavily than the 1980s. With ...

Oftentimes, 80s hip-hop can go overlooked when considering the rich history of hip-hop. Naturally, people flock to the ‘golden age‘ in the 90s. From the 2000s to the present day is recent enough ...

Hip-hop started as a local movement in the Bronx but quickly grew into a staple among global arts. Today, it influences music as a whole, not to mention fashion, language, and politics worldwide. If ...

We're continuing our celebration of Black History Month by highlighting Hip Hop's Unsung Heroes who helped shape the culture without always receiving credit by mainstream audiences. Hip hop didn’t ...

Noisey looks back at three classic mixtapes in hip-hop history that have quietly gone underrated and overlooked in history.

Hip-hop pioneer Rob Base died Friday after a battle with cancer. He celebrated his 59th birthday on Monday. “We share the heartbreaking news that hip hop legend Rob Base passed away peacefully, ...

Crafting infectious hits that stay on repeat has evolved greatly in Hip-Hop’s 50 years of existence. Before we had drum machines, DJ Kool Herc unknowingly sparked a revolution while spinning records ...

Describing my 2017 appointment as a faculty member, the University of Virginia dubbed me the school’s “first” hip-hop professor. Even if the job title and the historic nature of the appointment might ...