Its lyrics were especially notable for namechecking hip-hop pioneers Fab Five Freddy and Grandmaster Flash.

The apartment's prior owners included Keith Richards, the guitarist, and Russell Simmons, the hip-hop pioneer.

Chris Rock, the night's host, gleefully belittled today's ascendant white hip-hop and rhythm-and-blues artists, and two such artists deferred to hip-hop pioneers during their acts.

This approach to production and the remixing of previously recorded tracks with a new vocal influenced the early hip-hop pioneers.

Krayzie Bone This hip-hop pioneer invented a sing-rapping style that has influenced everyone from Usher to Nelly.

Grandmaster Flash, the hip-hop pioneer, is to perform in the downstairs room called the Pinky.

But the hip-hop pioneers regard the tours as a way to ensure their legacies.

Unlike the hip-hop pioneers he reveres, D.J. Shadow rarely turns his samples into party music.