5 Grammys and one Emmy in… Robert Glasper deserves all his flowers. Born in Houston, Texas, the songwriter, producer, pianist, and musical arranger is the true definition of someone who lives, ...

Introduction / by DJ Kool Herc -- Prelude -- Necropolis : the Bronx and the politics of abandonment -- Sipple out deh : Jamaica's roots generation and the cultural turn -- Blood and fire, with ...

The book takes middle school readers on a journey through 50 years of music history. 'A Child's Introduction to Hip-Hop' teaches kids the rich cultural history of the genre Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Hip Hop was born 50 years ago on August 11. Since then, it's created some of the biggest stars in the world. While New York is credited with introducing the genre to the world, ...

“Rapper’s Delight” will always be considered the song that introduced hip-hop to the masses. The Sugarhill Gang classic with its tongue-twisting opening – “I said a-hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie to ...

How to encompass half a century of hip-hop? You start by acknowledging you can’t. Too many stars, too many songs, too many places, too many scandals: Hip-hop is an entire universe — a musical genre, ...

A dad sings the praises of rap music for kids. “This song is dedicated to Cartner, to Gideon and to Gabe. It’s called ‘I Love My Mom,'” a rapper said in the song intro. The song then repeated the same ...

It’s 8:30 p.m. at The Dive Motel, and Brian Brown just got off the stage. Brown cuts a slight figure, swallowed up by a denim Planet Hollywood jacket that might be about as old as he is. We’re at ...

Beastie Boys and Run-DMC, Public Enemy and Salt n Pepa (Credit: Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images, Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images, Michael Putland/Getty Images) In August 1973, the ...