Hip-hop has had a strong connection to reggae music since the days of DJ Kool Herc’s summer house parties in the early 1970s. Hip-hop’s foundation was built on elements of the Jamaican sound system ...

While Atlanta was still in its funk era in the 1970s, reggae and dancehall music began to gain popularity in New York, where they would be infused with round-the-way rap to form hip-hop. For example, ...

Pioneering Jamaican drummer and producer Sly Dunbar, one of the sonic architects of modern reggae, died suddenly at 73, with Keith Richards leading an outpouring of tributes to the influential ...

Pop culture has moments of prophecy -- and one of them is the 1986 video for “Walk This Way” by Aerosmith and Run-DMC. In it, dividing wall between rock band and rap act comes crashing down; ...

Editor's Note: This interview is part of an ongoing Star series highlighting Kansas Citians from historically underrepresented communities and their impact on our region. The series builds on The Star ...