Tomorrow, Aug. 11, the hip-hop world will celebrate 50 years of rap music, five decades removed from DJ Kool Herc’s 1973 “Back To School Jam” in the South Bronx that helped to christen the genre.

Hip-hop has come a long way since DJ Kool Herc started isolating funk-record instrumental breaks to make Bronx dance parties even more danceable. Along the way, it traveled to all corners of America, ...

By CHARLOTTE KRAMON A new wave of artists is transcending traditional notions of Christian music, drawing young global audiences to faith-based rap, Afrobeats and R&B. Often boosted by social ...

Aug. 11, 1973, is considered the birth of hip-hop. On this day, DJ Kool Herc threw a “Back-to-School Jam” at his apartment building, located at 1520 Sedgwick Ave. in the Bronx. Herc set the atmosphere ...

Hip-hop has a rich history filled with pioneers that, time and time again, take their turn recreating the definition of the genre in their own image, including Public Enemy, Biggie Smalls and Kendrick ...

Christian rapper and influencer Lecrae Devaughn Moore photographed in Atlanta on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Gray) Christian rapper and influencer Lecrae Devaughn Moore photographed in ...