Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the chronicles of Hip Hop, the tale of the DJs who formed the genre’s foundation is a significant but frequently ignored ...

The rise of electronic dance music (EDM) has been nothing short of meteoric over the past decade. What started as a niche movement in underground clubs has now evolved into a global cultural ...

SEVEN TONIGHT, 10 TO 5 TOMORROW AND SUNDAY. IT IS MUSIC THAT IS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HIP HOP. 50 YEARS AGO TODAY, IT WAS BORN IN THE SOUTH BRONX AND IT IS NOW A PART OF OUR ...

Before the radio residencies, Fortune 500 partnerships, or his collaborations with moguls, there was just a young man from New Jersey with a pair of borrowed turntables and a conviction that music ...

In this post, DJ Kool Herc’s contributions to hip-hop are explored, from his innovative techniques as a DJ to his role in popularizing breakbeats and MCing. It also mentions the challenges he faced ...

Don’t just stand there, bust a move at the Kennedy Center for National Dance Day. Free outdoor events go down at The REACH from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 p.m. on Saturday. “National Dance Day is in its 14th ...

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.

All of the greatest genres in music history have an origin story. And many believe that the origins of hip-hop can be traced to one particular performance back in 1973. Hip-hop music was an inevitable ...

Balancing her creativity with the responsibilities of her day-to-day life has been a challenge, but a worthwhile one for grace shinhae jun (who uses lowercase lettering in the spelling of her name).

Roosevelt “Dynamite” Simmons provides an interesting insight into the early days of DJ Hollywood and Eddie Cheeba. and the contributions of DJs who rapped and sang over disco tunes. Simmons compares ...