This article has been handpicked from the Okayplayer editorial archives and included in our Hip Hop 50 collection as a noteworthy inclusion to the genre's rich and diverse narrative. The article has ...

In the '80s, hip-hop hit the mainstream, and it's stayed there in the decades since. When hip-hop emerged, it had an urgency and power that set it apart from the pop that dominated the charts, but ...

Today, we're taking you back to hip-hop's very beginning — to New York City and a time when hip-hop had no idea how big it would become. Nelson George is the supervising producer of Netflix's hit ...