Hip-hop might have been birthed in the ‘80s; however it wasn't until the ‘90s when the genre started to take off. It was an era of legends like Nas, the Notorious B.I.G., Tupac, and more who ...

Hip-hop might have been birthed in the ‘80s; however it wasn't until the ‘90s when the genre started to take off. It was an era of legends like Nas, the Notorious B.I.G., Tupac, and more who ...

The first hip-hop record is widely thought to be Rapper’s Delight by The Sugarhill Gang, which was recorded in 1979. In the 1970s and 80s, lyrics often focused on social issues, giving young ...

I'm grateful to have documented the emerging hip-hop culture in the '90s. I never thought it would land me a career as a professional photographer. This is an as-told-to essay based on a ...

This freestyle not only highlights their individual talents but also solidifies their place in the pantheon of '90s Hip Hop.

When the mainstream popularity of rap music elevated in the late 1980s, it often did so with the help of inventive sampling. While many samples came from the R&B funk world, clever hip-hop artists and ...

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 ...

The label would go on to launch the careers of successful R&B and hip-hop groups, including Xscape, Jagged Edge, Lil Jon and Da Brat, and it put Atlanta on the map as a musical force to be ...