DJ Kool Herc is one originator that has become almost synonymous with the creation of the culture, but Quadeer “M.C. Spice” Shakur of the Universal Zulu Nation released a statement announcing that Hip ...

LL Cool J honored DJ Kool Herc as "one of the great founders of hip-hop" when the pioneering musical visionary received the Musical Influence Award at the 2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ...

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 ...

This Sunday (August 11), The Source invites you out to the Boogie Down for the official “Hip-Hop Celebration Day” presented by Kool Herc Productions, Council Member Vanessa L. Gibson and of course our ...

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 ...

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 ...

DJ Kool Herc, who’s credited with birthing hip hop during his 1970s parties at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, has teamed with Christie’s for an online auction of memorabilia, including an old ...

Watch Anthony Bourdain Explore Hip-Hop’s South Bronx Roots In 2014, Anthony Bourdain brought his 'Parts Unknown' show to the South Bronx to explore the roots of hip-hop culture. DJ ...

DJ Kool Herc is known as the father of the DJ breakbeat, part of the foundation of modern hip-hop. He also wrote the introduction to the recent... DJ Kool Herc and the Birth of the Breakbeat DJ Kool ...

Netflix's The Get Down is a fictional tale taking place in the real history of The Bronx during the birth of hip-hop. As such, the fictional characters that anchor the story often cross paths with ...

There are many things up for debate in hip-hop. Could Joey Bada$$ flame 2Pac in a battle if the latter was still alive? Did Remy Ma ether Nicky Minaj on her diss track? Who's the greatest MC: Biggie, ...

DJ Kool Herc, a pioneer of the breakbeat, is also a master of kites. Written by Walter Thompson-Hernández Photographs by Tonje Thilesen On a Wednesday in July at Clason Point Park in the Bronx, DJ ...