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Kneecap, three young men from Northern Ireland who rap in Irish, has risen to prominence in recent years, with controversy ...

On this day in 1986, Doug E. Fresh, the Human Beatbox and Harlem native, released his long-awaited debut album Oh, My God! on ...

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Luther Vandross didn’t just sing love songs. He invented the kind of vocals that make you want to text your ex, light a ...

Hundreds of hip-hop songs deserve recognition for their meaning and their beats. But for now, in random order, are 50 essential hip-hop tracks to celebrate five decades of groundbreaking music.

HotNewHipHop closes February with top hip-hop releases, highlighting innovation, diversity, and the genre’s evolution.

More on BBC Music’s greatest hip-hop songs of all time: What critics had to say about the top 10. Full list of critics who participated – and how they voted.

"Hip-hop has, in some ways, become kind of like country music," he noted. It's a common, evolving musical language in which ...

SUMMERS: All week, to celebrate 50 years of hip-hop, we're looking at key moments that helped define the genre. Today, the birth of trap music and the rise of Southern rap. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) ...

Fortunately, Hip Hop music may lessen the stressful states of mind and bring more tranquility into the lives of students. It has been shown that the genre may stimulate specific brain regions.