R.E.M. took aim at the airwaves on "Radio Song" in 1991. And they received from help from a rap firebrand to do it.

Anyone who's ever claimed that hip-hop saved pop music now has some evidence to back up their theories. Academic Dr Matthias Mauch and his team have published a study which identifies three different ...

Grunge wasn’t the only music-cum-fashion phenomenon in the early Nineties. In fall 1991, hip-hop reigned supreme. Ever on top of pop culture, Karl Lagerfeld was among the first to bring the look to ...

The phenomenon has threaded through society since it was born in the Bronx in 1973. Hip-hop is on radio, television, fashion and sports arenas. This year the movement is celebrating a special birthday ...

NEW YORK (AP) — It was born in the break, all those decades ago — that moment when a song's vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage. It was then that hip-hop came into the ...

Fifty years ago this month, some teenagers threw a back-to-school party in the Bronx. Today that party is considered by many "the birth of hip-hop." Hip-hop has a big birthday next week. Nearly 50 ...