Jamaican roots Herc’s Jamaican heritage played a key role in introducing the template for hip-hop in this country. Credit for this goes to such reggae-bred Jamaican-music traditions as mobile sound ...

Mixtape Collective offers limitless possibilities when it investigates the past, present and future of hip-hop dance with its weekend presentation of "Mixtape 6: Cypherspace," at the Cowles Center. "I ...

Rolling Stone has just published the latest of their genre lists: the 200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time. What qualifies as a dance song? Here’s a bit from their intro: After paying homage to the ...