Stormzy's BRIT win has been criticised by rapper, Chip, aka Chipmunk, after the London-born Grime star won Best British Hip Hop/Rap/Grime Act, beating British artist, Central Cee ...

As it celebrates its 50th birthday, we are mapping hip-hop's story on a local level, with more than a dozen city-specific histories of the music and culture. Click here to see the entire list. A ...

Hip-hop is at times accepted as synonymous with rap. But the reality is nuanced, says Carson and suggests a metaphor: "Imagine you have a multi-car garage. Then rap would be one of the cars that's ...

MC Lyte, one of hip-hop’s pioneer emcees, tells CNN she’s “elated” with how far hip-hop has come since its inception back in 1973. “Look where we are. I am just so elated, excited, it ...

Hip-hop artists would go on to express their tears and triumphs in their songs — they often spoke to political and social oppression. "Hip hop was the way we spread the word. It was the way we let ...

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, The New York Times asked the poet Mahogany L. Browne to write an ode to the genre using only lyrics.

We found last-minute Hip-Hop 50 tickets at Yankee Stadium on Friday, Aug. 11. Here's how to see Run-DMC, Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube and Lil Kim headline the one-night-only event.