To celebrate the golden anniversary of hip-hop, we rounded up 35 essential hits. These songs were hugely significant for the genre's growth and made an impact on the music industry. Our picks are ...

Numerous books have been written about the origins of hip-hop and its evolution from an underground phenomenon to a global force. While its growth since the 1990s had been well-documented, here are ...

A look at hip-hop’s transformative impact in honor of its 50th anniversary. Hip-hop was once narrowly thought of as a trend in music that would ultimately fizzle out. Now, at its 50th anniversary, hip ...

The experimental song is the first new music from a member of the B-Boys since their final album, 2011's Hot Sauce Committee Part Two and D's first-ever solo single.

For the first time since 1990, the Top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 chart is completely devoid of any hip-hop and/or rap songs. "No rap songs appear in the top 40 on the Hot 100 for the first time since ...

“Rapper’s Delight” will always be considered the song that introduced hip-hop to the masses. The Sugarhill Gang classic with its tongue-twisting opening – “I said a-hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie to ...

Michael Jackson's "Beat It" debuts on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales chart, following "Billie Jean" by just one ...

NEW YORK (AP) — It was born in the break, all those decades ago — that moment when a song's vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage. It was then that hip-hop came into the ...

When Sugarhill Gang’s 1979 hit “Rapper’s Delight” became the first hip-hop song to land on the Billboard Hot 100, it opened the door for the 1980s to be a massive decade for the new genre. Beginning ...

Hip-hop has gone nine consecutive months without a track reaching the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, marking a notable pause in the genre’s recent chart dominance. Hip-hop has now gone nine straight ...

Hiring known artists to write music films can be hit or miss. Tying the themes of a song and a film together can sometimes lead to on-the-nose choices or the song feels better suited for the movie ...