T he history of rap music, all things considered, doesn't go back too far. The genre came out of New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and it was about a decade before it got its footing.

Hip-hop legend Nas reflects on the 50-year history of rap music, how successful his career has been, his recent creative freedom and more. Nas Going into the Garden, to do my own show was like ...

Rap pioneer Grandmaster Flash goes deep the history of hip-hop, his Quick Mix technique, the Bronx and more ...

Indeed, these are three of the greatest feature verses in rap music history. [RELATED: 3 of the Best Rap Songs About New York City To Make You Feel Big Apple Pride] “Life’s a B–ch” by Nas ...

An elegiac retelling of rap’s origins, Hip-Hop Is History also ends with a sense of hope. Buffy (Darren Robinson) of the Fat Boys in Chicago, 1985. This Juneteenth featured, among other ...

Hawkins — known in the local music scene as “ DJ Mixxin Mel” — was part of the first Quad-Cities rap group, "Alkatraz." “We were just a group of kids, in 1984,” he said.