In the '80s, hip-hop hit the mainstream, and it's stayed there in the decades since. When hip-hop emerged, it had an urgency and power that set it apart from the pop that dominated the charts, but ...

Missy Elliott looks back on her historic run, reaffirming her legacy as a trailblazer in rap and hip hop culture.

I knew little about the music industry before becoming editor in chief of Honey, a young magazine for urban women, right after the somewhat anticlimactic shift from the 20th to the 21st century.

Women’s History Month is a chance to celebrate women’s cultural, artistic, and societal contributions across all spectrums of society. While flowers have been (rightfully) given to today’s female ...

Hip-hop was created in 1973, and during that decade, it was a genre still in its early stages that was more DJ-centric with focuses on b-boy dances and live performances. However, by the time the ...

The hip-hop trio will help ring in the New Year at Yaamava’ Resort & Casino in Highland on Wednesday, Dec. 31.

In 1973, 25 dollars and a mission to go back-to-school shopping pushed adolescent Cindy Campbell to host an event that would inadvertently lead to the genesis of hip-hop. Campbell planned and hosted ...

Hip Hop has long been a male-dominated industry, where women have had to fight twice as hard for recognition—whether on the mic, behind the boards, or in the background shaping the culture. Yet, ...

After nearly 20 years, female rappers are again dominating the charts. Cardi B made history in early March, becoming the first female rapper to have five No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, two ...

The hip-hop world is in the midst of a transformative era, with Southern female rappers emerging as forces to be reckoned with. What started as a small movement has now grown into a cultural ...