However, by the time the 1980s rolled around, hip-hop started seeing a lot more commercial appeal, with hit songs hitting mainstream audiences, the creation of subgenres, and elevated sound ...

Somehow, against all odds, these one-hit wonders climbed up the Billboard Hot 100 chart with lightning speed and became cultural standards.

Before the emergence of hip-hop in the 1980s, name-dropping athletes in songs ... The hit became a classic, played in arenas and gyms everywhere during the era. In today’s day and age, some ...

The dynamic duo that still has a spot on many hip-hop lovers' Top Five list has a fascinating backstory that is just as much ...

As hip-hop began to grow, it branched out to include more electronic elements, particularly with the advent in 1980 of the Roland TR-808 drum machine, which offered up many of the classic hip-hop ...

Audacy has partnered with radio syndicator Superadio to launch rapfabulous, a new weekend show dedicated to classic Hip-Hop culture and history. The program, hosted by Mic Fox and Jazzie Belle ...

In honor of hip-hop turning 50, here is a short list of classic songs that help serve as the sound of New York.

For four decades, hip-hop producer and DJ “Prince Paul” Huston has created rap music with wit, fearlessness and imagination.

Though not well-known today, Moore was instrumental in hip-hop's early mainstream success in the late 1970s and early 1980s ... as a producer and writer on classic early hip-hop tracks like ...