Explore hip-hop and rap-related collections from across the Smithsonian that offer perspective ... and Culture Photographic print of Salt-N-Pepa outside Bayside Studios National Museum of American ...

The sequencer on the 808, a row of 16 color-coded buttons, offered artists a way to store beats they programmed ... the single “Planet Rock,” a hip-hop collaboration by Afrika Bambaataa ...

His influence extends far beyond the beats and rhymes, reaching into the very fabric of hip-hop’s production landscape. For ...

Hip-hop originated in the Bronx area of New York ... The beat was almost always in 4/4 time, and the music often included drum machines and synthesizers.

Gigi’s new album, Doves & Scones, not only reflects where she is in her life right now but also reinforces that Hip Hop will always be her home.