Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From MPCs to FL Studio sessions, one thing remains consistent across generations of Hip Hop and R&B: The power of the sample. With ...

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Since the mid-1980s when hip-hop fully entered the popular culture, filmmakers have been including dope beats and great rhymes in the soundtracks of their movies, creating some of the best soundtracks ...

Hip-hop isn’t just a genre. It’s a way of life. What started as an underground movement in the Bronx during the 1970s has transformed into a global cultural force. From the raw beats of block parties ...

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A musical timeline that covered the early 1980s through the mid-2000s helped rap lovers usher in the New Year at Chaifetz Arena Sunday night. The roster was jam packed – but for the most part there ...

In the 1980s, hip-hop promoter, activist, and rapper Carrico “Kingdom Rock” Sanders Sr. founded Ill State Assassins (whose ranks included Ang13, E.C. Illa, Toxic, and the Legendary Traxster) and ...

The influential rapper and UTFO member Shaun Shiller Fequiere, known by his stage name Kangol Kid, has died at the age of 55. "I just wanna hear you again, another hug, another embarrassing kiss," the ...

When the Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” debuted in 1979, I remember it as a moment of connection. My parents purchased the 12-inch extended single for my sister and me. And, like many kids, we ...