We’re still shouting happy birthday to Hip-Hop! We’re still shouting happy birthday to Hip-Hop! Having turned 50 on Aug. 11, 2023, Hip-Hop culture has changed the lives of many people since its birth.

Recognition of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary has been in full force throughout 2023, but writer Kiana Fitzgerald’s celebration started almost a year early, in February 2022. That’s when she began ...

New books collecting objects central to rap’s physical history demonstrate the importance of celebrating these relics before they vanish. Credit... Supported by By Jon Caramanica For the last year, ...

A genre essential, Jonathan Abrams tells the story of five decades of hip-hop using over three hundred interviews conducted over three years with the DJs, executives, producers, and artists who both ...