Hip-hop is officially middle-aged, but its mortality is hardly in question. Half a century after the genre’s birth, the GRAMMY Museum celebrated the lovechild of funk and DJ culture with an expansive ...

Music isn’t just sound in America, it’s identity, memory, and motion. From desert stages to mountain valleys, from jazz to ...

Anyone in a mile radius of Live Wire could hear the unmistakable sub-bass speakers. Starting at 9 p.m., the Nightshade Family DJs took over the outdoor DJ booth at Live Wire. Jakob Namon, known by ...

Aigel are the dark electronic hip-hop duo of Tatarstan poet and vocalist Aigel Gaisina and Russian musician and producer Ilya Baramiya. The two came together in 2016 when Gaisina asked Baramiya to ...

VIBE and Rolling Stone are joining forces in a merger aimed at strengthening and expanding hip-hop and R&B coverage.

It’s spooky season and when October rolls around, hip-hop fans know the season is not just about costumes and candy, it is about eerie beats, dark storytelling, and the kind of energy that lives ...

Approaching the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, the energy was palpable—reverberating through the streets of Mexico City long before entering the festival grounds. Over 100,000 festival-goers from all ...

The inaugural gala honored the legends, leaders, and visionaries who turned hip hop from a Bronx block party into a global ...

A lot can change in two decades. Queerty is not only celebrating our 20th birthday this year but also the queer-friendly ...

It was only in 2018 when hip-hop surpassed rock 'n' roll to become the most popular music genre in the U.S., but its glory was short-lived. In 2023—the year when hip-hop celebrated its 50th birthday— ...

HIP HOP AND PEABODY HIP HOP AND PEABODY. TRUST ME, ACTUALLY TRUST HIM. BALTIMORE HIP HOP ROYALTY PROFESSOR WENDELL PATRICK, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I NOT ONLY HAVE BELIEVED IN, YOU KNOW, SINCE I WAS A ...