LL Cool J recently presented Joe Budden with a gold plaque for his 2003 breakthrough hit “Pump It Up.” Joe Budden may be a retired rapper, but he’s still receiving accolades from his days as an MC, ...

THE SUGARHILL GANG: (Rapping) I said a hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie, to the hip hip hop, you don't stop the rock. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: It started at block parties in the Bronx, and it grew into a ...

From the hyper-gangsterism of Menace II Society to the post-Apocalyptic world of The Book of Eli and beyond, Allen Hughes’ directorial credits are as lengthy as they are diverse. Let’s talk about ...

Over the past several weeks, music fans and media outlets have celebrated 50 years of hip-hop. Its beginning is widely attributed to a party in the Bronx on August 11, 1973, when DJ Kool Herc played ...

This year, the musical, cultural, political and economic phenomenon that is hip-hop officially turned 50, with hip-hop’s origin traced back to a back-to-school party in the Bronx on August 11, 1973.

The phenomenon has threaded through society since it was born in the Bronx in 1973. Hip-hop is on radio, television, fashion and sports arenas. This year the movement is celebrating a special birthday ...