Detroit’s Eminem (Marshall Mathers) became a rap superstar in the 1990s and has been called the king of hip-hop for albums such ... figure in the music’s history, developing the more languid ...

Visit an online experience on the origins of hip-hop by the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Check out the Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap that includes more than 120 ...

Here are 10 hip-hop tracks that celebrate and reference the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Lyric: “Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther could walk/Martin Luther walked so Barack Obama could run.” ...

The harrowing experience, in which Mr. Thompson had to distill a half century of music—and egos—into 13 minutes, inspired “Hip-Hop Is History” (co-written with Ben Greenman). Mr. Thompson ...