Hip-hop 5012 Oct 2023The most influential hip-hop tracksIn its 50 years the genre has helped bring awareness, social change and empowerment. Candace McDuffie explores the ground-breaking records that have made a difference.12 Oct 2023Culture12 Oct 2023How hip-hop changed the worldIn its 50 years the genre has helped bring awareness, social change and empowerment. Candace McDuffie explores the ground-breaking records that have made a difference.12 Oct 2023Culture11 Sep 2023Hip-hop's rise to the top of fashionFrom street style to cultural dominance – it's been quite a journey. Precious Adesina talks to Tommy Hilfiger, Dapper Dan and others to find out why.11 Sep 2023Culture11 Aug 2023The night hip-hop was bornOn 11 August 1973, a 'back to school jam' in New York's West Bronx kick-started a movement and birthed a whole culture, writes Rebecca Laurence.11 Aug 2023Culture10 Aug 2023The NYC landmarks that birthed hip-hopFrom 1520 Sedgwick Avenue to Haffen Park, the pioneering DJ and founder of the Universal Hip Hop Museum shares where to go to see hip-hop's roots.10 Aug 2023Travel8 Aug 2023The forgotten 'godfathers' of hip-hopLargely remembered as forerunners of hip-hop, the Last Poets, Watts Prophets and Gil Scott-Heron were radical artists who deserve recognition in their own right, writes Dorian Lynskey.8 Aug 2023Culture4 Aug 20238 people who rapped long before hip-hopAs hip-hop turns 50, Arwa Haider traces the verbal pioneers who forged a path long before 1973, from jazz "hep cat" Slim Gaillard to "dirty blues" singer Lucille Bogan.4 Aug 2023Culture
