The Rev. Al Sharpton has brought his campaign to clean up hip-hop lyrics to Motown, and organizers hope to collect thousands of bars of soap as symbols of the effort. June 3, 2007, 7:32 PM EDT / ...

To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat ..." -- The Sugarhill Gang, "Rapper's Delight" My love of music spans most genres -- jazz, pop, rock 'n roll, soul, urban and adult contemporary, classical, ...

“We knew that when Teddy Pendergrass said, ‘Turn off the Lights,’ he meant go bed. And when Marvin Gaye said, ‘Let’s get it on,’ we all knew he meant go to work.” Of course, Teddy and Marvin’s ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — It was born in the break, all those decades ago — that moment when a song’s vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage. It was then that hip-hop came into the ...

Fat Trel has been through a lot and he’s got a new project that points him in the right direction. Read how he’s doing after the loss of his best friend to the streets. When Fat Trel arrived at our ...

The phenomenon has threaded through society since it was born in the Bronx in 1973. Hip-hop is on radio, television, fashion and sports arenas. This year the movement is celebrating a special birthday ...

As it celebrates its 50th birthday, we are mapping hip-hop's story on a local level, with more than a dozen city-specific histories of the music and culture. Click here to see the entire list. If you ...

Fifty years into hip-hop, we've gotten used to decades of headlines proclaiming the genre's culture is homophobic and misogynistic — that generations of queer talents were forced to the peripheries ...