Ch. 1. Back in the day: origins and definitions of hip hop. The roots and stylistic foundations of the rap music tradition / Cheryl L. Keyes -- Rap music / Tricia Rose -- Puerto Rican and proud, boyee ...

Introduction / Adriana Helbig and Milosz Miszczynski -- Part 1: Hip Hop, Postsocialism, and Democracy -- Rapping into Power: The Use of Hip Hop in Albanian Politics / Gentian Elezi and Elona Toska -- ...

The phenomenon has threaded through society since it was born in the Bronx in 1973. Hip-hop is on radio, television, fashion and sports arenas. This year the movement is celebrating a special birthday ...

Hip-hop has transformed music, and the world at large, since it was conceived 50 years ago. In a relatively short time, it's made a massive impact on every aspect of pop culture — and fortunately, ...

It’s an afternoon in July 2023, and New York City Mayor Eric Adams is in his element. Standing at a podium at the foot of the marble staircase in New York’s City Hall, the Mayor is flanked by staffers ...

I knew little about the music industry before becoming editor in chief of Honey, a young magazine for urban women, right after the somewhat anticlimactic shift from the 20th to the 21st century.

As it celebrates its 50th birthday, we are mapping hip-hop's story on a local level, with more than a dozen city-specific histories of the music and culture. Click here to see the entire list. If you ...

From old-school stars to young upstarts, the birthplace of hip-hop is basking in the big moment. By Jonathan Abrams From his courtside seat at Knicks games, the rapper Fat Joe and the rest of the ...