On this day 45 years ago, “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang became Hip-Hop’s first-ever Top 40 hit, marking a transformative moment in music history. Released in August 1979 by the Englewood, ...

Listen to the best hip-hop Christmas songs on Spotify ... Soul legend Donny Hathaway’s first substantial U.S. hit was 1970’s sublime, brass-infused “This Christmas,” a song which jazz ...

Disco music originated in the 1960s at underground venues popular with LGBTQ+, Black, and Latinx Americans. But it wasn't ...

Elsewhere, generational talents like Playboi Carti and SahBabii contributed new sounds to the rap zeitgeist, making this year one of the most dynamic years in recent memory. These are the songs ...

Lupe Fiasco Joins Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute as a Rap Professor A groundbreaking collaboration, is combining both ...

A lot of 1970s music was just good old-fashioned fun, while some of it was disturbing beyond all measure. One 1970s classic rock song tackled a deeply upsetting subject. However, it spoke about a ...

Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...

The year 1970 kicked off a decade of groundbreaking music in everything from rock to pop to R&B. That very year yielded a ton of hits, like “Let It Be” by The Beatles and “Bridge Over ...

The legendary Jamaican DJ’s 1970 album features him toasting over classic rocksteady tunes, laying the groundwork for the MC in hip-hop music. Including the monumental “Child In Time,” the ...