Several of the most lauded hip-hop songs in music history have achieved diamond status—10 million sold or more—according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). For these ...

Here are some of hip-hop’s major “eras,” with a few songs that help exemplify its ... and he created more of a narrative structure, introducing a stronger storytelling element that ...

The 1990s is often referred to as the golden age of hip-hop. During that era, rap music gained more attention from mainstream audiences, regional music such as East Coast vs. West Coast was ...

And so the structure is more impressionistic than ... Mr. Thompson describes hip-hop as “trauma music” rooted in black disenfranchisement. “It only existed in the first place because public ...