Both genres recently celebrated big birthdays. From their origins in the clubs and jams of the 1970s and 1980s, house and hip ...

In a similar way, Kool Herc’s breakbeat manipulation provided the scaffolding for ... s “Keep Ya Head Up” became anthems for social justice. Unlike hip-hop’s lyrical storytelling, house ...

In a similar way, Kool Herc’s breakbeat manipulation provided the scaffolding ... Ya Head Up” became anthems for social justice. Together these artists positioned hip-hop as a platform for ...

This jaw-droppingly popular musical about the Founding Fathers has been on stages around the world for a decade. Does it feel ...

At its core, hip-hop is a voice for the voiceless seeking to address systemic inequities through storytelling.

Blending hip-hop, jazz and R&B, and featuring non-white actors as the founding fathers and other real-life historical figures, it's the story of Alexander Hamilton - an immigrant orphan who became the ...

But that wouldn’t have been enough to sustain a career, if not for the fact that hip-hop, now over 50 years old, finally grew up along with ... upside down from the scaffolding above the DJ ...