Portrait of LL Cool J. When we think of ’80s hip-hop, bucket hats often come to mind. Big Bank Hank of The Sugarhill Gang was the first to wear a bucket hat in a rap video for the group’s 1979 ...

In the '80s, hip-hop hit the mainstream, and it's stayed there in the decades since. When hip-hop emerged, it had an urgency and power that set it apart from the pop that dominated the charts ...

Hip-hop was created in 1973, and during that decade, it was a genre still in its early stages that was more DJ-centric with focuses on b-boy dances and live performances. However, by the time the ...

Run-DMC – “It’s Like That” (1983) A key part of recorded hip-hop’s early years of relying heavily on session musicians for backing tracks, bassist Larry Smith played on early ‘80s ...

Some wore sneakers with oversized shoelaces. The 80s hip hop style, also known as the b-boy years, borrowed heavily from the 70s. Kangol bucket hats, heavy name-plate gold necklaces, shell-toe ...

It was in the ’80s where hip-hop and rap started to find their footing and breaking into the mainstream. This list is in no particular order, as all the hip-hop and rap artists here all heavily ...

On August 11, 1973, hip-hop was born, changing music and popular culture forever. But in each decade since, the genre has been distinct, with its own style, stars and sounds. In honor of hip-hop ...

If he’d been an artist during the ’80s, Killer Mike says being part of laying down hip hop’s roots would’ve been what he’d loved most. Killer Mike also shares, with a giggle, what he ...

All of it relates to the early '80s hip-hop scene in North Jersey. Some names and and faces will be familiar. Others were known mainly to Bergen clubgoers of 40 years ago. Those are the people ...

The dynamic duo that still has a spot on many hip-hop lovers’ Top Five list has a ... he told Uptown in an interview. In the late 80s, rapping was just a hobby for Wyandanch, Long Island native ...