Hey, young world. Here's a story about one measure of the distance hip-hop has traveled in its 50 years. Once upon a time, not long ago, to paraphrase a great rap storyteller, an 11-year-old in Queens ...

Hip hop has never been just one thing. It started with block parties and breakbeats, but over time, it grew into a mix of styles that each reflect different places, stories, and sounds. From the early ...

Billboard counts down the best hip-hop groups ever in honor of the genre's 50th anniversary. Doubly heightened by this year’s celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, June/Black Music Month is ...

This story is part of Billboard's annual Year in Music package, which takes a look back at the biggest lessons we learned from the artists who defined 2023. By Damien Scott There’s no agreed upon ...

On this date in 1991, New Orleans rap icon Percy “Master P” Miller released his first album entitled Get Away Clean on his independently established No Limit Records. Featuring his own NOLA-based crew ...

What's going on with rap? After celebrating 50 years of legacy in 2023 with marquee moments like the Hip Hop 50 multi-headliner concert at Yankee Stadium, plus Kendrick Lamar's historic run – capped ...

Osmic Menoe was a young kid in South Africa when he first fell in love with hip-hop culture during the late 1980s, at the height of the country’s anti-apartheid movement. But like so many, at first, ...

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.

New York City is where it all began. The birthplace of Hip Hop and home to some of the genre's most iconic artists, the Big Apple has been celebrated in countless songs that pay homage to its streets, ...