Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Oftentimes, 80s hip-hop can go overlooked when considering the rich history of hip-hop. Naturally, people flock to the ‘golden age‘ in the 90s. From the 2000s to the present day is recent enough ...

Hip-hop music is deeply rooted in four central cultural elements, according to Encyclopædia Britannica: rapping, deejaying, break dancing, and graffiti ...

What would you give to be a fly on the wall observing some of the richest moments during the ‘90s heyday of hip-hop? For rap heads who came up within that time, no amount of convincing can change ...

Everyone calls the ’90s the Golden Age Hip-Hop. That’s cute—but it still feels like a lazy summary of a decade that completely rewrote the rules. Rap albums of the ’80s gave us the blueprint—Slick ...

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 ...

No matter where they are or what they're doing, millennials everywhere will respond to these 90s television show theme songs.

Editor’s note: This story is part of That’s My Word, KQED’s year-long exploration of Bay Area hip-hop history. n 1990, three years before she asked the world “Who you callin’ a bitch?” on her breakout ...