I usually write this column based on whatever music I’m listening to during the week. Along with this column, my radio show on Wednesday nights follows the same idea, an hour of what I’ve been ...

Hip-hop live performances started out slim and simple: two turntables and a microphone, along with the unsung hero, a simple mixer with a sturdy crossfader. Throughout the 2000s, concert presentations ...

Father’s Day is just around the corner and for most of us, dads can be hard to shop for! Rather than getting your dad a generic gift card, channel his love for hip-hop culture with gifts that hit the ...

Beginning with looping a sample on a turntable in 1973, hip-hop’s evolution into the present day has technology baked into its DNA. Reading time 6 minutes This story is part of our new Hip-Hop: ’73 ...

What people seem to have forgotten is that hip-hop, in its purest form, is the domain of the DJ — that for the better part of the genre's existence, the DJs were the stars, the focus and the creative ...

Aug. 11, 1973 marks the first documented hip-hop party in the Bronx, New York, thrown by DJ Kool Herc. This is largely considered to be the birth of the genre. On the 50th anniversary of this date in ...

Learn how to properly store, clean, and protect vintage hip-hop records to preserve sound quality, maintain value, and keep ...