Snoop Dogg recently saluted the East Coast for having the biggest impact on hip-hop. On Tuesday (May 2), Snoop Dogg joined Stephen A. Smith and Molly Qerim on ESPN's First Take and during a rapid-fire ...

Sean “Diddy” Combs casts a long shadow over the history of hip hop. One of the industry’s first moguls, his work as an A&R executive, label boss, rapper and producer made him both extravagantly ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — A Boston man is currently on a three-thousand-mile self-supported bike tour along the East Coast which is the birthplace of hip-hop. Cyclist and Musical Artist Anson Frazier, also ...

On this day in 1996, Brooklyn’s own Mash Out Posse—better known as M.O.P.—unleashed their explosive second studio album Firing Squad, a record that solidified their place among the most rugged and ...

From the disco samples of old school hip hop to the deadpan delivery of today's drill, American hip hop has morphed in every direction over its 50-year history, defying categorization. Still, patterns ...

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. If you ...

Patrick Varine Friday, Aug. 11, 2023 7:01 a.m. | Friday, Aug. 11, 2023 7:01 a.m. Paradise Gray was a young boy growing up in the Bronx when what would become known as hip-hop began taking shape. “We ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Light-Years comes from a hip-hop galaxy far, far away, where the stuttering sound of records being scratched is ...