OPINION: Hip-hop and video games have had a long love affair, and as hip-hop celebrates its 50th anniversary this month, we look back at the storied history between gaming and the music genre we love.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Aug. 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc and his sister Cindy threw a “back-to-school jam” that would go down in history. No one knew the ...

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It really is no surprise that gaming and hip-hop work well together — the two industries have a lot in common. They both started out as niche, counter-cultural art forms that were widely despised and ...

Are the Grammys biased against hip-hop and rap? Here’s what the numbers say. Drake accepts the Best Rap Song award for ‘God’s Plan’ during the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards. On Aug. 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc ...

On Aug. 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc and his sister Cindy threw a "back-to-school jam" that would go down in history. No one knew the tunes emerging from a Bronx rec room would evolve into hip-hop, a genre ...

Stacker dove into Grammy nominations, Billboard charts, and Spotify and Last.fm data to quantify the Recording Academy's predisposition to hip-hop. - Kevin Winter // Getty Images Stacker dove into ...