Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Illustration by Tatyana Alanis / For The Times) I knew little about the music industry before becoming editor in chief of Honey, ...

In 1973, 25 dollars and a mission to go back-to-school shopping pushed adolescent Cindy Campbell to host an event that would inadvertently lead to the genesis of hip-hop. Campbell planned and hosted ...

The Hip Hop Convene came to a close Friday evening under dimmed lights and amplified voices, ending its run with a powerful focus on women in the culture. Carolyn Randolph-Kato moderates a panel on ...

On the last night of Rolling Loud Miami, a coalition of hip-hop's latest and greatest female rappers paid homage to the Queen. Not Queen Bey. Or Lil' Kim. But Trina. When the DJ dropped "Look Back at ...

Hip-hop, a genre that has dominated the music industry globally, has a long history of innovative lyricism and cultural impact. Although it’s frequently considered male-dominated, women in hip-hop ...

It’s been a year-long celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary with the spotlight on the art form’s undeniable impact on music and culture. And a notable cap to the year was Grammy-winning recording ...

Rapper Roxanne Shanté has a theory about why women in hip-hop now wield not only massive popularity, but respect. “(The music industry) is able to see that female rappers are worth money. They are ...

In August, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of our beloved hip-hop music, artists, and culture. The little genre that few believed would make it grew to become a global sensation, and we celebrated ...

ATLANTA — Rasheeda Frost’s relationship with hip-hop started in 1981. She was a kindergartener when her mother gave her a record player, and she would continuously spin it, not knowing what it was.

The university describes the course as “an embodied exploration of hip hop feminism as scholarship, praxis and performance. At once a multimedia research lab and a performance workshop, the course ...

Women’s History Month is a chance to celebrate women’s cultural, artistic, and societal contributions across all spectrums of society. While flowers have been (rightfully) given to today’s female ...

They were called sellouts, pop stars and a passing fad. Four decades on, Salt-N-Pepa are still having the last laugh.