The most important day in hip-hop history is June 28, 1988. On that day, implausibly, not just one, but two albums released that would change the trajectory of the nascent genre, spinning it off into ...

Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia of NPR's podcast What's Good explain why they think 1988 was a banner year for hip-hop. How Slick Rick And Queen Latifah 'Breathed Life Into Hip-Hop' In 1988 1988 ...

This month marks the 50th anniversary of hip hop, which began in the Bronx, New York, in August 1973. You can celebrate with the “Masters of the Mic: Hip Hop 50 Tour” at Wolf Trap in Virginia on ...

1988 was a colossal year for hip-hop. Soon-to-be-classic albums from Public Enemy, N.W.A., Run-D.M.C, Boogie Down Productions and more solidified the artform birthed from the Bronx as a viable and ...