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, ...

Jaz-O reveals early rap sessions with Jay-Z were fueled by sugar highs from cereal and ice cream in the Marcy Projects. Jaz-O delivered a sweet revelation during his recent appearance on the ROC Solid ...

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 ...