Even if you’re not the biggest hip-hop head, you probably heard this song around the time it came out. It was everywhere, after all. “Watch Me (Whip)” by Silento was the hot new dance craze tune back ...

Hip-hop was created in 1973, and during that decade, it was a genre still in its early stages that was more DJ-centric with focuses on b-boy dances and live performances. However, by the time the ...

Our staff's 100 favorite songs from the year 2006, with Beyoncé, Justin Timberlake, Carrie Underwood and more.

Rap music can be a lot of fun. In some ways, it might be the most fun musical genre because it often affords itself more lyrics and, thus, more punchlines. But no matter how you slice it, the genre ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Blinding Lights” claims the shiny prize largely for its unprecedented longevity in the top 10: 59 weeks, the most of any song not ...

A reader asked a fair question after our ’70s songs series. Why does rock always take the heat? Hip-hop built its reputation on saying what no one else would. Some of what it said, however, wouldn’t ...

Starting in the late '70s, hip-hop and rap ascended through popular culture, mostly in America but also in other countries. Then, in 1990, a breakthrough. Hip-hop and rap tracks began infiltrating the ...