The Sugarhill Gang were hip-hop's first commercially successful rap group, assembled in the late 1970s by label head Sylvia Robinson. ...

Dapper Dan, born Daniel Day in 1944 in Harlem, is the legendary designer who became hip-hop's first couturier. From his ...

The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (Def Jam, 1988) is the debut album that crowned Slick Rick hip-hop's premier storyteller. ...

NBA YoungBoy, born Kentrell Gaulden in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is one of streaming's most prolific and complicated stars. He broke ...

Takeoff, born Kirshnik Khari Ball in 1994 in Lawrenceville, Georgia, was one-third of the influential Atlanta trap group Migos. Known ...

Shabba-Doo, born Adolfo Quinones on May 11, 1955 in Chicago, was a pioneering dancer and a key member of the ...