Record store managers in New York City were mystified by the flood of kids looking for old vinyl rather than the latest releases. As hip-hop compositions began to be released on records in the ...

The 2025 BET Awards dominated the weekend with a remarkable — but incredibly long — show that featured standout performances ...

While hip-hop originated as a vinyl medium, now vinyl is mostly just an expensive gimmick to entice collectors, more like merch than actual music. ADVERTISEMENT.

Playboi Carti, a name that resonates deeply within the hip-hop community, burst onto the scene with his self-titled album released in 2017.This album not only showcased his innovative sound but ...

Hip-hop was born at a party in 1973, but it'd be another six years until the first commercial hip-hop records. People have differing views of it, but the release of "Rapper's Delight" changed history.

From vinyl to photos, ... Reece points me to the Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap, a 129-song collection and 300-page book that came out in 2021. It is, she notes, ...

Fifty years ago, the genre of hip-hop was born in the South Bronx. Here’s How It Got Its Name. The musical movement, born at a party in the South Bronx, has a rich history ...

As Hip-Hop rose to prominence as the dominant force in Black popular culture during the ‘80s, Jones made a genuine effort to incorporate it into his work, forging a connection between eras.

Before picking up photography, 1000WORD$ was an avid hip-hop vinyl and CD collector. He regularly brought his records to East Coast concerts as a way to collect signatures and get face time with ...

OSHKOSH (WLUK) -- A new hip-hop music festival is coming to Oshkosh this spring. Valley Vinyl revealed its inaugural lineup Wednesday.. It's headlined by Ski Mask the Slump God, a multi-platinum ...