Lowdown Brass Band has been able to merge the jazz sounds of New Orleans with the stylings of Chicago and the grit of hip-hop to create something special. We spoke with Lance Loiselle, the band’s ...

Chuck D once famously called hip-hop the CNN of the Black community, the way people got the news. Is it still? If so, what is the news coming across, who is telling it most profoundly? I feel hip-hop ...

Feb. 14, or Valentine’s Day, is an important date to many in the Hip-Hop and R&B industry. On this date in 1981, Funky 4 + 1 ...

The album boasts beats crafted by some of the most influential producers in hip-hop history. DJ Premier, the soon-to-be Gang ...

XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment: March 1, 1994: Hammer, who dropped the MC from his name during this time, delivered his fifth studio album, The Funky Headhunter, via Giant Records ...

On this date in 1981, the pioneering Hip Hop group The Funky 4 + 1 More became the first Hip Hop group to perform live on a national television broadcast. Formed in The Bronx in 1976, originally ...

Dayton may not be the birthplace of hip hop, but we sure helped make it funky. Google celebrated the 44th anniversary of the hip hop movement on Aug. 11, 2017. To put it funky, hip hop would be a lot ...

What would it sound like if Rick James, Janelle Monae, Prince all teamed up to make a hip-hop album? It’s a question that no one has asked, and yet Toronto rapper and poet Exmiranda has offered up the ...

Hip-hop and R&B may not have invented sampling, but we perfected it. Black artists are some of the most sampled in history, but who ...

This story corrects the day of the performances of "Hip Hop Nutcracker." It was June of 1980 when Kurtis Blow released “The Breaks,” the first rap song to be certified gold and one of the first hits ...

SEATTLE — This segment is an encore presentation taped pre-COVID-19. Seattle Dance Fitness is currently hosting new online Hip Hop Kids Dance Fitness® classes - great for the whole family! Hip Hop ...