XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment: Feb. 24, 1999: On this day, at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony, Lauryn Hill made history by winning five Grammy Awards and becoming the ...

XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment: July 25,1995: On this day, in 1995, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony released one of hip-hop’s most beloved albums, E. 1999 Eternal. In 1994, the ...

On this date in Hip Hop history, Cleveland’s own Bone Thugs-N-Harmony released their second studio album E. 1999 Eternal through Ruthless Records, marking a defining moment for the group and the genre ...

Nov. 30 has witnessed many pivotal moments in hip-hop and R&B history. Ronald Isley dropped an album after his prison release ...

In the December 1999 issue of Black Enterprise, these three hip-hop moguls were featured as leaders in the business of hip-hop. When rap music exploded, new fortunes and businesses emerged. Now, ...

Back when rappers were dead set on either spitting harsh rhymes or dancefloor anthems, Whodini began injecting R&B and funk elements into its hip hop songs. That style peaks on “Freaks Come Out at ...

The phenomenon has threaded through society since it was born in the Bronx in 1973. Hip-hop is on radio, television, fashion and sports arenas. This year the movement is celebrating a special birthday ...

It was 1979 when The Sugar Hill Gang released "Rapper's Delight," a song widely considered to be the first hip-hop track. But hip-hop's history stretches back much further than Wonder Mike uttering ...