On this day 45 years ago, “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang became Hip-Hop’s first-ever Top 40 hit, marking a transformative moment in music history. Released in August 1979 by the ...
Today on Commotion, hip-hop academic Mark Campbell and emcee and art curator Aaron Francis join Elamin Abdelmahmoud to discuss the exhibit, their criticisms of it and what it can tell us about the way ...
Since the mid-1980s when hip-hop fully entered the popular culture, filmmakers have been including dope beats and great rhymes in the soundtracks of their movies, creating some of the best soundtracks ...
Fat Joe’s New Year’s resolution is likely for a better year in Hip-Hop for 2025. The NY legend recently gave his take on the current state of Hip-Hop in 2024. Expressing his frustration on the ...