Heather Augustyn will never tell you that Hip Hop isn’t an American-born movement, but if you can’t pick up the Jamaican and ...

“Hip-hop is born, so you got to know where you came from.” DJ Kool Herc, who threw that party in the Bronx in August 1973, was at the celebration. “I’m glad to be here man, they didn’t ...

GATES: August 11th, 1973, a young Jamaican-born DJ named Kool Herc held a party in the Bronx with large speakers, a pair of turntables, a stack of records Kool Herc pioneered a completely new ...

DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and many more, up to current stars such as GloRilla. It also includes photographs of visionary label executives such as Sugar Hill Records ...

Most music aficionados of the late ’70s would be aware of the seismic creative influence of the East Coast hip-hop scene, whose Big Bang moment is widely acknowledged to be a back-to-school house ...

A bold nod toward Martin Luther King Jr., but in Cymande’s case, it’s legit. We now recognize DJ Kool Herc, a Jamaican immigrant to the Bronx, as the Prime Mover of hip-hop. Sir Steve McQueen ...

The interactive Doodle commemorates the 44th anniversary of the party where DJ Kool Herc is credited with creating hip hop in 1973. SEE ALSO: 40 years of hip hop mashed into one song is legendary ...

Each year, when the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (RRHOF) announces a new slate of nominees for induction, the internet comes ...

On this day in 1989, Corona, Queens rap and street legend Kool G. Rap and DJ Polo released their first album on the quintessential yet now-defunct Hip-Hop label Cold Chillin’ Records.

Rap lyrics have a long history of being used as evidence in court cases. But a Georgia bill that would protect artists is now on the table.

Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys” features works of Black art on display until July 13.