Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 52-year-old rapper Common performs on Sept. 11, 2024, in Atlanta. Paras Griffin/Getty Images It’s always awkward telling people ...

Let’s go back, way back to a time when hip hop was the only thing blasting in your speakers. In honor of Black Music Month, we’re testing your hip hop IQ. Think you know everything about your favorite ...

HOBOKEN, NJ — Besides unique costumes and hilarious decor on Friday night, Hoboken Halloween had something else — old-school rappers. Members of The Sugarhill Gang, whose 1979 song "Rapper's Delight" ...

Rap started to make its impact on the world of mainstream pop music in the late 80s. Little by little, bands and acts that had already become stars in the hip hop arena began to work their way higher ...

They came for the answer to that urgent question: Where do old rappers go? Friday night, the lines moved at a steady clip as nearly 3,000 people filed into the Pioneers of Hip Hop concert at Show ...

A reader recently asked us which old-school rap songs would never survive a modern label's legal review, and honestly, the list writes itself. It sounds simple until you actually start answering it.