Producers Fast Eddie and Joe Smooth mix at DJ International Studios in Chicago in 1990. Innovation was at the forefront of house and hip-hop. Raymond Boyd/Getty Images There was a time when artists ...

The 1980s didn’t just change music — they changed how we experienced it. Before MTV launched in 1981, music videos were ...

You’ve heard the terms “House Music” and “EDM.” So what’s the difference? House music is a genre of electronic dance music (EDM), but the two are not the same: EDM is a broad term for many genres of ...

Have you enjoyed the mainstream success house music has received since the release of Beyonce’s “Renaissance” and Drake’s “Honestly, Nevermind” albums? As many already know, house music has always ...

There was a time when artists representing two of America’s biggest homegrown musical genres wouldn’t get a look in at the Grammys. Hip-hop and house both have their origins in the 1970s and early ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Joycelyn Wilson, Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) There was a time ...

There was a time when artists representing two of America’s biggest homegrown musical genres wouldn’t get a look in at the Grammys. At this year’s awards, taking place on Feb. 2, hip-hop and house ...

(THE CONVERSATION) There was a time when artists representing two of America’s biggest homegrown musical genres wouldn’t get a look in at the Grammys. At this year’s awards, taking place on Feb. 2, ...