ATLANTA — Rasheeda Frost’s relationship with hip-hop started in 1981. She was a kindergartener when her mother gave her a record player, and she would continuously spin it, not knowing what it was.

It’s been a year-long celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary with the spotlight on the art form’s undeniable impact on music and culture. And a notable cap to the year was Grammy-winning recording ...

Rapper Roxanne Shanté has a theory about why women in hip-hop now wield not only massive popularity, but respect. “(The music industry) is able to see that female rappers are worth money. They are ...

Hip-hop, a genre that has dominated the music industry globally, has a long history of innovative lyricism and cultural impact. Although it’s frequently considered male-dominated, women in hip-hop ...

In honor of hip-hop's 50th anniversary, here’s a look back at just some of the many firsts that women in the industry have achieved over the last five decades Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor ...

I knew little about the music industry before becoming editor in chief of Honey, a young magazine for urban women, right after the somewhat anticlimactic shift from the 20th to the 21st century.

"The Real Queens of Hip-Hop" is set to air on Hulu and ABC News on Oct. 18. Even before hip-hop was called “hip-hop,” women were on the frontlines of the culture as emcees, rappers and producers. From ...

DENVER — An all-female hip-hop celebration featuring Grammy Award-winning artist Rapsody will take the stage at Levitt Pavilion Denver on Aug. 23, highlighting the contributions of women in hip-hop ...

Jeezy has set the Guinness World Record for the largest orchestra performance in a hip hop concert at his Las Vegas Residency ...

In 1973, 25 dollars and a mission to go back-to-school shopping pushed adolescent Cindy Campbell to host an event that would inadvertently lead to the genesis of hip-hop. Campbell planned and hosted ...