So, would that be my pick for the best rap/hip-hop movie of the 1980s? Well… No. Wild Style would not be my pick. It does have plenty of rap music in it, but it’s primarily a movie about ...

While hip-hop and all of its creative expressions was born in New York City in the late 1970s, it was the 1980s when the music began to come into form. There was excitement and experimentation ...

When you close your eyes and think about the music of the 1980s, what comes to mind? Synths, early rap? Prince dressed in purple, Tom Petty and his wheat-colored hair? Stevie Nicks and Michael Jackson ...

Even though the Jamaican native stopped DJing by 1980, his legacy as the father of Hip Hop lives on. Hailed as the first DJ ...

Detroit’s Eminem (Marshall Mathers) became a rap superstar in the 1990s and has been called the king of hip-hop for albums such as Slim Shady New York hip-hoppers Public Enemy, formed in 1986 ...

Hip-hop and house both have their origins in the 1970s and early 1980s – in fact, they recently celebrated a 50th and 40th birthday, respectively. But it was only in 1989 that an award category ...