A few weeks ago a ten-minute YouTube video titled “Chicago Hip House Documentary 1989,” posted in December, started popping up on all kinds of music blogs, including rap sites normally too orthodox to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Producers Fast Eddie and Joe Smooth mix at DJ International Studios in Chicago in 1990. Innovation was at the forefront of house ...

House music being celebrated in new songs from big-time acts like Drake and Beyoncé has turned into a huge conversation as of late, but the fast-paced, drum and hi-hat-riddled genre has always had a ...

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--300 Studios and Comcast NBCUniversal premiere In Our DNA: Hip House, a three-part docuseries that examines the birth, evolution, and collision of Hip Hop and House Music ...

Thanks to great new singles from Beyoncé and Drake, it’s become the summer of hip hop with house beats. Larger-than-life figures like those two have the power to dominate the conversation and steer ...

Tshoma Pugh, aka Taco Bops (in glasses), pictured in the late 80s and early 90s with Masta Ace (top), KRS-One (lower left), and MC Lyte. Credit: Raymond Boyd Chicago hip-hop lost a foundational figure ...

Comcast’s CMCSA NBCUniversal and 300 Studios debut In Our DNA: Hip House, a three-part docuseries exploring the origins, development and intersection of Hip Hop and House music. The series is ...

1992: On July 21, 1992, hip-hop trio House of Pain unleashed their own brand of mosh mayhem rap on the world with their self-titled debut album. Everlast, Danny Boy and DJ Lethal drew early ...

EXCLUSIVE: Andscape, the Black multimedia platform from Disney and ESPN, on Monday revealed &360, a new documentary anthology intended to explore the influence of Black culture on American society, ...

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Sundance alum Jesse Washington directs the film featuring interviews with Jay "Jeezy" Jenkins, Common, YG, Dave “Davey D” Cook, and more. Rap and hip-hop music have a long legacy of challenging ...

At its core, hip-hop is a voice for the voiceless seeking to address systemic inequities through storytelling. Childish Gambino dazzled a sold-out crowd on Sept. 2 at State Farm Arena with hits ...