the Hip Hop community took a tremendous loss with the tragic death of legendary rapper-actor Earl “DMX” Simmons, who died at White Plains Hospital in New York. He was 50 years old. As one of ...
Hip-hop has existed for over 50 years, and since its inception, the genre has mastered the art of sampling to create some of the most iconic records in music history. Effectively using a sample ...
In 1973 at a South Bronx house party, DJ Kool Herc isolated and repeated the percussive “break” in the tracks he was spinning, creating one of the first instances of hip-hop as people would come to ...
The North to Shore Music Festival will celebrate 50 years of hip-hop with a history-making moment when hip-hop legends Eric B. & Rakim hit the stage Tuesday, June 13, at 8:00 p.m. EST at the Stone ...
In August 1973, a group of kids were having a back-to-school party in the basement of their apartment in the Bronx, New York, when a man called DJ Kool Herc created Hip Hop. DJ Kool Herc ... Crossing ...
Are you ready to immerse yourself in the beats and rhythms that have shaped generations? Look no further than the upcoming Tropical Heatwave Concert on May 4th at the historic Cuban Club in Ybor. This ...
Eventually, the project would gain the attention of Eminem via his attorney/manager Paul Rosenberg and Shady would ultimately sign 50 Cent to Shady Records/Interscope and a new Hip Hop icon would ...
"But they would stop when the performance started ... we were doing it everywhere." If you go... "Hip Hop 50 Bergen: Fifty Years of Celebrating the Culture," at bergenPAC, 30 N.
RELATED CONTENT: KRS-One Talks 50 Years Of Hip-Hop And Moving The Culture Forward With Essence Festival Performance Jonathan Rheingold, a former executive publisher and a co-founder of XXL was a ...