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 ...

(AllHipHop News) There has been a lot of fanfare over the past week in celebration of what has been reported as the 40th anniversary of the birth of Hip Hop. DJ Kool Herc is one originator that has ...

The events of this day in 1973 can be considered the beginning of the Hip Hop history timeline. What was intended to be an end of Summer party at 1520 Sedgwick Ave in New York City ending up being ...

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 ...

The events of this day in 1973 can be considered the beginning of the Hip Hop history timeline. What was intended to be a end of Summer party at 1520 Sedgwick Ave in New York City ending up being ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LL Cool J honored DJ Kool Herc as “one of the great founders of hip-hop” when the pioneering musical visionary received the ...

Earlier this month, Google celebrated hip-hop's birth with a "doodle" celebrating the origins of the culture that featured two turntables and a crate of classic records for fans to scratch. The doodle ...

Kool Herc Files Lawsuit Against HBO and Producers of 'Vinyl' for Using His Likeness Without Permission Don't mess with the legend. When the founding father of hip-hop speaks, the world listens.

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 ...

The legend goes that back in 1973 DJ Kool Herc spun records at a birthday party in the rec room of his building at 1520 Sedgwick Ave. in The Bronx, and that’s when Hip-Hop started. In honor of the ...

DJ Kool Herc attends The Source Magazine’s 360 Icons Awards Dinner at the Red Rooster on August 16, 2019 in Harlem, New York City. (Photo by Steven Ferdman/Getty Images) *DJ Kool Herc, a Jamaican who ...

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 ...