The man who inspired a music, a movement, and a culture needs your help: DJ Kool Herc, one of the founding fathers of hip-hop, is allegedly “very sick” and cannot afford hospital treatment. The man ...

Netflix's The Get Down is a fictional tale taking place in the real history of The Bronx during the birth of hip-hop. As such, the fictional characters that anchor the story often cross paths with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifty years on, the details of that historic night in the Bronx — the night everyone now says gave birth to hip-hop — still elude ...

Hip-hop godfather DJ Kool Herc was honored in the Musical Influence category at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony tonight. He broke down in tears after he was inducted by LL Cool J. The ...

Set the scene: 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, August 11, 1973, a summer party in an apartment building’s rec room. Twenty-five cents admission for girls, 50 cents for boys. Olde English 800 or ...

Freestyle beat music grew from the raw energy of Bronx block parties, fueled by Afro-Caribbean creativity and limited resources. Innovators like DJ Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash transformed ...

DJ Kool Herc, born Clive Campbell and later known as the father of Hip-Hop, needs some help. According to MTV the 55-year-old is in need of surgery and is currently seeking financial help, as one of ...

The auction will take place online on the website of Christie’s from August 4-18, while the items that will be auctioned will be on display in Christie’s Rockefeller Center galleries in New York from ...

LL Cool J gave DJ Kool Herc an incredible tribute for his 2023 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction at the Brooklyn ceremony tonight. The speech started with LL Cool J looking back on how Kool Herc ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Clive Campbell, better known to hip-hop historians as DJ Kool Herc, has no classic, influential singles or albums or memorably innovative videos, or any recorded catalog to speak of.

The Father of Hip-Hop will be honored with 125 other distinguished Jamaicans from all over the world. Though the official 50 th anniversary of Hip-Hop has passed, the world is continuing to honor the ...

The godfather of hip-hop, DJ Kool Herc, inducted by LL Cool J received the Musical Influence Award at this year's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame In 2021, LL Cool J was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of ...