HOBOKEN, NJ — Besides unique costumes and hilarious decor on Friday night, Hoboken Halloween had something else — old-school rappers. Members of The Sugarhill Gang, whose 1979 song "Rapper's Delight" ...

Rap started to make its impact on the world of mainstream pop music in the late 80s. Little by little, bands and acts that had already become stars in the hip hop arena began to work their way higher ...

They came for the answer to that urgent question: Where do old rappers go? Friday night, the lines moved at a steady clip as nearly 3,000 people filed into the Pioneers of Hip Hop concert at Show ...

In 1979, Kurt Walker, a 20-year-old from the Bronx whose stage name was “Kurtis Blow,” signed a contract with Mercury Records to release the song Christmas Rappin. This was the first time a major ...