Explore hip-hop and rap-related collections from across the Smithsonian that offer perspective on the African American experience and its impact on American culture. Visit an online experience on the ...

But Southern rap history predates Questlove’s appreciation by decades. It doesn’t begin when someone like him finally ...

Additionally, some Hip-Hop YouTube series entertain and educate new and old fans alike (e.g., DJ Premier’s So Wassup and ...

Black Moon debuts, Erick Sermon goes solo, Eazy-E releases a scathing Dr. Dre diss, MeShell Ndegeocello creates a new soul standard, U-God and Pharoahe Monch make their solo debuts. On this day ...

On this date four years ago, the Hip Hop community took a tremendous loss with the tragic death of legendary rapper-actor ...

The rap songs in composer Lin Manuel Miranda's Broadway ... rhymes offer clues about their personalities and pay homage to hip hop artists of the past.

The Superstar was the chosen brand for the group who later signed one of the earliest rapper endorsement deals in rap history ...

Several of the most lauded hip-hop songs in music history have achieved diamond status—10 million sold or more—according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). For these ...

Below, take a look at 32 milestones in hip-hop awards history. Kurtis Blow’s “The Breaks” becomes the first rap single to top the annual Pazz & Jop critics poll in the Village Voice.

On this day in 1995, gangsta rap pioneer Eric “Eazy-E” Wright succumbed to complications from AIDS, less than 10 days after publicly revealing his diagnosis. Few figures in hip-hop history ...