Moore was a key figure in the then-burgeoning rap genre, writing and producing hits like "The Breaks" and "Christmas Rappin'" ...

as well as the first widely distributed hip-hop song, 1979’s “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang. The single sampled a break from Chic’s “Good Times.” At the same time ...

“Instead of hip-hop being rapping over disco instrumentals ... owners of the label that released one of the first rap records in 1979, “King Tim III (Personality Jock)” by Fatback Band ...

Chuck "Jigsaw" Creekmur talks about Angie Stone's profound impact on music talking to legends of Hip-Hop Culture.

Hip Hop anthems from 1992 in the mix from the likes of House of Pain, Pete Rock & A Tribe Called Quest (pictured).

The Sequence was the first female Hip-Hop trio to be signed to the famed Sugar Hill Records label and made history with their 1979 single “Funk You Up,” the second single released from the ...

Each half-decade is defined by its own drug du jour. Hip-hop’s embryonic stage occurred between 1979 and 1982, a period that Questlove argues was shaped by cocaine and rap’s close ancestor ...

The music and entertainment world reacted in shock and sorrow after the tragic death of Angie Stone, the pioneering singer-songwriter and hip-hop trailblazer who was killed in a car accident ...