Since the inception of hip-hop, rap duos have played a pivotal role in shaping the genre. These dynamic partnerships often stem from a blend of vocalists and producers, lifelong friends or even ...

Despite how they’ve at times been ideologically pitted against one another, country music and hip-hop are often compared as the two forms of pop music that speak most directly to the everyday problems ...

An exploration of how live performance in hip-hop is continuously used as a point of inspiration or selling point for various forms of recordings, such as film.

After nearly 30 years and much debate, Mobb Deep's "Shook Ones Pt. II" has officially been named the greatest hip-hop beat of all time. After nearly 30 years and much debate, Mobb Deep’s “Shook Ones ...

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 ...

HIP-HOP WAS BORN IN THE BRONX IN the summer of 1973. To celebrate the music’s 50th anniversary, “ Rolling Stone” will be publishing a series of features, historical pieces, op-eds, and lists ...

Dr. A.D. Carson, the professor who defended a rap album as his Ph.D. dissertation, is redefining Hip-Hop as both scholarship and culture. Bars and Books! Hip-Hop has always been a culture of ...

Ni-Vanuatu rapper Mantis (Ethan-Xavier Hakwa) has been crowned the winner of ABC Radio Australia’s Pacific Break 2025 with ...