There was a time when artists representing two of America’s biggest homegrown musical genres wouldn’t get a look in at the ...

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 ...

For hip-hop, this was expressed through the turntable manipulation pioneered by DJ Kool Herc in 1973, when he extended and looped breakbeats to energize crowds. House music’s innovators turned to the ...

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 ...

And while the specific sneakers may have changed, shoes are still an incredibly important part of the culture. These are the ...

“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 ...

DJ Kool Herc is widely credited as the genre’s pioneer. He was the first one to scratch a record in 1973 and introduce the “Merry-Go-Round” technique — a way of mixing between instrumental ...

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 ...

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