Remember the first time a 90s rap track hit you so hard you had to rewind it? That feeling never gets old. From the raw boom bap of New York to the smooth G-funk rolling out of Compton, the 90s gave ...

Let’s go back, way back to a time when hip hop was the only thing blasting in your speakers. In honor of Black Music Month, we’re testing your hip hop IQ. Think you know everything about your favorite ...

A reader recently asked us which old-school rap songs would never survive a modern label's legal review, and honestly, the list writes itself. It sounds simple until you actually start answering it.

Rap started to make its impact on the world of mainstream pop music in the late 80s. Little by little, bands and acts that had already become stars in the hip hop arena began to work their way higher ...

HOBOKEN, NJ — Besides unique costumes and hilarious decor on Friday night, Hoboken Halloween had something else — old-school rappers. Members of The Sugarhill Gang, whose 1979 song "Rapper's Delight" ...

It’s always awkward telling people what I do for a living. I’m a rapper. I also work as a professor of hip-hop. I work at the intersection of artmaking and academic research. I write music as part of ...