From DJ Kool Herc and The Last Poets to Prophets of Da City and Mode 9, here’s how African history has influenced hip-hop – and vice-versa – 50 years after the genre was born.

For five decades, hip-hop has redefined the soundscape of American music and created a billion-dollar industry in its wake. Hip-hop as we know it has evolved way past its humble beginnings in the ...

Grammy-nominated Alphabet Rockers, who define hip-hop as a freedom culture, perform during the inaugural Hip-Hop Block Party at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History on ...

Graf Mack now requires students to take hip-hop and West African dance. The young apprentices have more freedom to choose the techniques that interest them, regardless of gender or body type ...

Both American b-girls were eliminated in the Aug. 9 round-robin phase, a blow to the country representing the birthplace of hip-hop in what could be the discipline’s only Games appearance.

US breaking pros want to preserve Black roots, original style of hip-hop dance form ... it was about Black dance,” said Hall, an African American Team ... The top three b-girls in the world ...

Last year’s inaugural Hip-Hop Block Party with DJ Spinderella was such a success that it’s returning for Round Two this weekend at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History ...