Hey, hipsters. We hear you’re now on some ancient hip-hop kick and are out at Tempe’s Gracie’s Thrift digging through the boxes of cassette tapes trying to score some Kurtis Blow and The Sugar Hill ...

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, founder and drummer of The Roots, has written a new book. "Hip-Hop Is History" is a very personal take on the influence of rap and how it's changed, for better or worse.

For early fans of the Philadelphia-born rap group The Roots, it might seem impossible to believe just how well-known and popular the band has become. Led by Questlove and Black Thought, The Roots are ...

In Episode 11 of The Cause: Conversations on Music, History, and Democracy, Dr. Reiland Rabaka launches our new Hip Hop Studies series with a powerful exploration of the cultural, political, and ...

An elegiac retelling of rap’s origins, Hip-Hop Is History also ends with a sense of hope. Buffy (Darren Robinson) of the Fat Boys in Chicago, 1985. This Juneteenth featured, among other festivities, a ...

After a short delay, The Cause Podcast returns with Episode 11: Hip Hop Studies, Part 1 – The Roots of Hip Hop. In this dynamic episode, Dr. Reiland Rabaka digs into the birth of hip hop—not just as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHEYENNE — Southern-rap group Nappy Roots always “keeps it Nappy,” and their trek to Wyoming’s capital city on Friday will be no ...

The renowned music engineer and producer who passed away on March 1 was a force behind numerous hip-hop and R&B cuts.

The New York premiere of Ice-T’s documentary, The Art of Rap, brought out MCs from across the generations. From Chuck D and Crazy Legs to Naughty by Nature’s Treach and Wu-Tang’s Raekwon and Fabolous, ...