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, ...

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 ...

As ever with popular music, authenticity ... is a breakbeat pioneer and hip-hop trailblazer who was pivotal in the spread of the genre from the late 1970s through house parties and DJ battles.

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 ...