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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Remember the first rap song you heard? Some of your favorite rappers and DJs do. While hip-hop celebrates 50 years of life, The Associated Press asked some of the genre’s most popular artists — including Killer Mike, JT of City Girls, King Combs and Fat Joe — to recall their first […]

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United more by strategy than sound, the city's stars are fans-first nonconformists, who have often succeeded by doing the opposite of what the industry deems bankable.

While hip-hop celebrates 50 years of life, The Associated Press asked some of the genre’s most popular artists to recall their first memory of hearing a rap song and how it resonated with them.

The Seattle-based artist discusses the art of collaboration, his latest album, Animals, and keeping the craft in jazz in the midst of a moment of change.

Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop in the official birthplace of hip-hop, New York City. This music genre, which is now a global movement, traces its roots to a Bronx party at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue on August 11, 1973, hosted by DJ Kool ...

Festival, headlined by Nas, Mary J. Blige and Chance the Rapper and co-curated by Robert Glasper, showcased an intergenerational genre blurring ethos, in line with the newly-minted Alternative Jazz Grammy category.

The 25 most important Rap albums from Hip-Hop's first 50 years including titles by Public Enemy, Nas, Wu-Tang Clan, Eric B. & Rakim, Kendrick Lamar and more

As Uproxx celebrates 50 years of hip-hop, we highlight nine of the most impactful artists that don't get enough shine.