Hip-hop was born at a party in 1973, but it'd be another six years until the first commercial hip-hop records. People have differing views of it, but the release of "Rapper's Delight" changed history.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Remember the first rap song you heard? Some of your favorite rappers and DJs certainly do. While hip-hop celebrates 50 years of life, The Associated Press asked some of the genre’s ...

The Sugarhill Gang’s 1979 single “Rapper’s Delight” is widely known as one of the most important and unique hip-hop songs in the 50-year history of the genre. With five different mixes spanning from ...

Soon after the fall 1979 release of “Rapper’s Delight,” versions of the first commercially successful rap recording began cropping up around the world. More milestones in hip-hop’s global spread soon ...

This combination of photos shows, top row from left, Big Daddy Kane, Chuck D, Doug E. Fresh, Jermaine Dupri, E40 and DJ Jazzy Jeff, bottom row from left, Kid Capri, Lil Jon, Method Man, Queen Latifah, ...