By CHARLOTTE KRAMON A new wave of artists is transcending traditional notions of Christian music, drawing young global audiences to faith-based rap, Afrobeats and R&B. Often boosted by social ...

Tomorrow, Aug. 11, the hip-hop world will celebrate 50 years of rap music, five decades removed from DJ Kool Herc’s 1973 “Back To School Jam” in the South Bronx that helped to christen the genre.

Hip-hop has come a long way since DJ Kool Herc started isolating funk-record instrumental breaks to make Bronx dance parties even more danceable. Along the way, it traveled to all corners of America, ...

Aug. 11, 1973, is considered the birth of hip-hop. On this day, DJ Kool Herc threw a “Back-to-School Jam” at his apartment building, located at 1520 Sedgwick Ave. in the Bronx. Herc set the atmosphere ...

Rap has recently been dubbed "male manipulator music," but I'm here to share my unexpected appreciation for this genre.

Lil Uzi Vert and their new album Pink Tape could finally bring hip-hop its first Billboard Number One album of 2023 next week — a rare delay for the genre, which has gone more than half the year ...

Cindy Hsu is an Emmy Award-winning anchor and reporter who has been at CBS News New York since 1993. Her passion is sharing stories about children, seniors, education, adoption, animals and mental ...

SoundCloud’s latest Music Intelligence Report highlights electronic’s rapid growth, hip-hop’s evolution and the genre mashups shaping listening.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Christian rap star Lecrae sits down with TODAY’s Craig Melvin to talk about the growing genre of faith-based hip hop, how the it ...

(WHNT) — Hip-hop has been a staple in many music lovers’ childhoods. The genre itself has many branches and subgenres, including rap and R&B. August 11, 2023, marks 50 years of hip-hop, which has ...

NEW YORK - This year marks the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, a cultural movement that began in New York City and quickly spread worldwide. Lisa Evers, a reporter for FOX 5 New York and a long-time ...