"Hip-hop ain't show loyalty yet/Kool Herc ain't never get a royalty check." - Black Thought DJ Premier announced on his radio show, "Live from HQ," that DJ Kool Herc, one of the originators of hip-hop ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the latest episode of “Drink Champs,” N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN sat down with Cold Crush Brothers founder member DJ Charlie Chase.

On this day in 1955, DJ Kool Herc was born Clive Campbell in Kingston, Jamaica. He moved to the Bronx when he was 12 years old and took on the name “Kool Herc” when he became a member of the graffiti ...

Breaking makes its Olympic debut in Paris, and with any new Olympic sport comes new vocabulary for sports fans to learn. If ...

Hip-Hop legends DJ Kool Herc and N.W.A will be honored by the Recording Academy the night before the 2024 Grammy Awards. The Recording Academy announced the recipients of the 2024 Lifetime Achievement ...

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 ...

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Better than: Reading about how NYC’s nightlife is dead. Last month, in the spirit of March Madness, SOTC created a tournament with the aim of crowning the quintessential New York musician. Popularly ...

On this day in 1973, a young lady named Cindy Campbell held a back-to-school birthday party in the rec room of 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, an apartment building in the Morris Heights neighborhood of the ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up In 1973, Clive Campbell, aka DJ Kool Herc, hosted a party in the ...

*DJ Kool Herc, credited as one of the pioneers of hip-hop, is suing HBO over the use of his identity, name and voice in the show “Vinyl,” produced by Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and others, according ...