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A few of old-school hip-hop's finest. Photo illustration by Ellie ... This summer we asked whether you could identify hits of the ’90s, ’80s, ’70s, ’60s, and today from just their first ...
Grandmaster Caz has been a part of Hip-Hop almost since it started. When he got in, the game changed forever. Talking to pioneers is one thing, but talking to Grandmaster Caz is another.
The Grammy winner fumed over DJ Akademiks' recent remarks on Twitch. By Billboard Staff LL Cool J, who has graced the hip-hop scene since the ’80s, took to Instagram on Wednesday (Sept.
As musicians sat in position waiting for their cue, a massive turntable sat adjacent to the conductor’s station. It was a sign of what was to come Thursday night at Stifel Theatre. The St. Louis ...
nearly every major hip-hop artist in the music’s first decade came out of New York — from old-school pioneers like Kurtis Blow and Funky Four +1 More to street-rap progenitors like Run-D.M.C ...
DJ Polo was a part of the famed New York City hip-hop collective The Juice Crew. DJ Polo, the DJ for the hip-hop group Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, has died. The sad announcement was made by DJ Polo’s ...
For years, come Halloween, supermarkets and radio stations have played the same old stuff ad nauseum — cue “Monster Mash.” Hip-hop, however ... The 1980s old-school wave, for instance ...