Few producers have left behind a musical fingerprint as unmistakable as James “J Dilla” Yancey, and two decades after his ...

*Fifty-three years after hip-hop emerged from the streets of the Bronx, the culture that began with block parties, DJs, and ...

Keith Caesar, the Bronx hip-hop pioneer known to fans as Keith Keith, has died at 64, according to his family. News 12 ...

We're continuing our celebration of Black History Month by highlighting Hip Hop's Unsung Heroes who helped shape the culture without always receiving credit by mainstream audiences. Hip hop didn’t ...

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Everybody threw hip-hop a party for its 50th birthday in 2023. The documentaries ran, the anniversary shows sold out, the ...

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“I'm in the lion's den,” Questlove blurts out before I can ask the first question, with a laugh that confirms he’s being eaten alive online. It was either the perfect pitch for a book that chronicles ...

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Six-time Grammy Award-winning drummer and producer Questlove is digging deep into the roots of hip-hop and uncovering how the genre has impacted culture. He explains it all in his new book "Hip-Hop is ...

The beloved 'King of Hooks' in hip-hop Nate Dogg soundtracked how we understand West Coast rap. He would've been 57 years old ...

PDX Hip Hop Week turns 11 this year, celebrating Portland artists while pushing for lasting change in how the city treats hip-hop venues.