With Westword’s Music Showcase going down this weekend, let’s take a quick look at what the last five hip-hop winners have been up to the last five years: The Pirate Signal (Yonnas and DJ A-What) who ...

As the latest of several recent performances and shows honoring hip-hop’s 50-year anniversary in 2023, MTV’s Video Music Awards welcomed many of the genre’s finest figures to the stage on Tuesday ...

MTV continued the music world’s yearlong tribute to hip-hop at the Video Music Awards on Tuesday night. Nicki Minaj, who also served as the night’s emcee, joined Lil Wayne, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, ...

Inspired by a new book tracing four pivotal years in the city’s history, hear a playlist of songs from the dawn of hip-hop that were swirling at the time. By Jonathan Mahler Hear songs from Lucy Sante ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Grandmaster Flash, one of the virtuoso creators of hip-hop and leader of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, the genre’s first act to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Keith LeBlanc, a drummer, producer and recording artist best known for his work on pioneering early hip-hop records by Grandmaster ...

NEW YORK -- Since most hip-hop careers don't last much longer than the pair of sneakers you wear when you sign the contract, perhaps the best tribute to Grandmaster Flash is that 30 years after he ...

Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Doug E. Fresh, Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne also took part in the medley of hits, which were performed at Tuesday's awards show. By Kimberly Nordyke Managing Editor, Digital MTV ...