Hip-hop was born on August 11, 1973, at a house party in the Bronx, New York. DJ Kool Herc, widely credited as the founding father of hip-hop, used two turntables to extend the instrumental breaks of songs, creating a new sound that energized the crowd. This technique, known as “b...
The first records started coming out in mass in 1979, by which time rapping was a well-developed art. That first flowering of DJ-based hip-hop, however, was never recorded. The nearest we have to a sense of what those parties sounded like arrived in 1980 when Grandmaster Flash released ...
Over 29K music fans have voted on the 110+ Best Old School Hip Hop Groups/Rappers. Current Top 3: Tupac, The Notorious B.I.G., Ice Cube
Of course, hip-hop transcends any attempt to neatly define it, and there were dozens of words that we weren’t able to include in the final 50. (We know hip-hop heads will tell us which ones we missed!) Like hip-hop itself, the final word list is a tapestry that represents multiple...
Hip Hop Til Infinity It All Started With The Jamaican Sound System New York may be the birthplace of Hip Hop, but its creators’ inspiration comes outside the United States, from Puerto Rico and the West Indies—namely, Jamaica. At Hip Hop Til Infinity, a stunning film projected in 360 ...
Over 29K music fans have voted on the 110+ Best Old School Hip Hop Groups/Rappers. Current Top 3: Tupac, The Notorious B.I.G., Ice Cube
As hip-hop celebrated its 50th anniversary, Hennessy released a limited edition bottle in collaboration with Nas – but the spirits brand’s relationship with hip-hop goes way back. Three decades, in fact
Remember the first rap song you heard? Some of your favorite rappers and DJs do. While hip-hop celebrates 50 years of life, The Associated Press asked some of the genre’s most popular artists to recall their first rap song experience and how the moment
The Hip-Hop Sports Report Podcast 2.5.24: Super Bowl LVIII Preview Justin Hicks7 February, 2024 What started on September 7 concludes on Sunday and HHSR is here to wax poetic on Super Bowl LVIII. At the top, J Hicks shares a few quick... ...
Over 29K music fans have voted on the 110+ Best Old School Hip Hop Groups/Rappers. Current Top 3: Tupac, The Notorious B.I.G., Ice Cube