ATLANTA (AP) — Rasheeda Frost’s decades-long relationship with hip-hop started in 1981. She was a curious, energetic kindergartener — eager to touch and explore anything put in front of her. Rasheeda ...

Since 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, here are examples of rappers from Diddy to Lil Wayne embracing Ol’ Blue Eyes. In a 2008 campaign for Ciroc Vodka, Diddy used Frank Sinatra’s music to ...

Rather than offering up a playlist of thematically linked songs, as I usually do, today I’m giving you five tracks that have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trip-hop might have been a term invented by a journalist, but it ended up being a handy umbrella for a lot of artists to thrive ...

As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, it is crucial to set the record straight about its origins. Despite the genre’s massive influence and global reach, there are still many misconceptions ...

It has been observed that some people of the Hip-Hop generation could use and/or be more responsible father figures. However, that’s not to say that there aren’t many men in that demographic who take ...

David “Trugoy” Jolicoeur died on Sunday. As one third of the iconic hip-hop group De La Soul, Dave taught hip-hop fans what being free sounded like. Throughout the Summer of 1996, a weekly PBS, and ...

Rap music often revolves around the artist, who gets the accolades, adoration and top billing. But at one time, there was a clear understanding in hip-hop that the DJ was at the top of the food chain.

A few weeks ago, Twitter went ham over an image posted by XXL referring to Nas as "Esco" -- an alias he commonly used throughout a good portion of the 1990s and early millennium. These days, it seems ...

NEW YORK (AP) — It was born in the break, all those decades ago — that moment when a song's vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage. It was then that hip-hop came into the ...

The college dropout went from preaching about materialism and self-awareness to conniving hoes. And it worked. “Gold Digger” is one of the rare times when pop and rap music could endure a loving ...

From The Sequence releasing the first rap record by an all-female group, called “Funk You Up” in 1979, to MC Sha-Rock’s iconic performance on “SNL” as a part of Funky 4+1, female rappers have been a ...