James Lord Pierpont didn’t have many other well-known songs, but here are some of his other compositions: The song was first performed during a Thanksgiving church service in Savannah, Georgia ...

By Alex Williams and John Yoon Irv Gotti, who rose from spinning records as a D.J. in Queens parks to become a hip-hop and R&B titan as a founder of Murder Inc. Records, a label that turned Ja ...

(Photo by Sonja Flemming/CBS via Getty Images) Hip-hop culture has once again proven its profound impact at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday. Hip-hop had some truly progressive moments at ...

Ringing the handheld Sanctus bells during the consecration and elevation of the Host and chalice at Mass is a familiar sound in many churches. Yet another centuries-old practice has remained in ...

Hip hop just celebrated its 50th anniversary. These artists bum-rushed the entire industry — from blazing defiant lyrics to becoming record mogul millionaires in corporate boardrooms ...

By Jessica Lynch Latto has tapped Playboi Carti for the remix of her 2024 track “Blick Sum,” giving a fresh spin on the standout from her third studio album Sugar Honey Iced Tea. Explore See ...

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like Abir and Naika. With the back-to-back frenzy of Grammy Week and Super Bowl LIX officially at our doorsteps, all eyes are on ...

When hip-hop was in its infancy decades ago, many people thought the genre would be a fad that wouldn't last longer than a few years. But over time, not only has hip-hop continued to grow ...

‘0/10′ for effort’: Mzansi music lovers were left unimpressed by DJ Ready D’s take on the popular ‘Ameno amapiano remix’. DJ Ready D has been dubbed one of South Africa’s hip-hop pioneer ...

‘Jingle Bells’. It makes brief references to other popular songs of the 1950s, such as ‘Rock Around the Clock’, and mentions going to a “Jingle hop”. An electric guitar played by Hank ...

LL Cool is launching a new classic hip-hop channel, LL Cool J’s Rock The Bells Radio, on US satellite radio’s SiriusXM on Wednesday, 28 March. At the launch in Los Angeles at 10pm Eastern Time ...