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Kurtis Blow, one of the founders of Hip Hop, has three police officers to thank today. While standing at a bus stop, Blow collapsed during a verbal argument with his…
With the new Netflix show, The Get Down, people’s attention is focused on hip hop’s early originators. Not since it began hitting the airwaves in the early ’80s has hip hop…
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Grandmaster Flash Demonstrates Pioneer DJ Techniques
I mentioned a few days ago that Grandmaster Flash was one of the inspirations and creative consultants behind the upcoming Netflix show called The Get Down. In the pic above, Grandmaster…
By now, everyone should be pretty familiar with the history of hip hop. Stories of how block parties in the 1970s in the Bronx gave rise to DJ Kool Herc,…
Here it is … May’s top R&B and Hip Hop chart. Check out what’s new. We’ve got Desiigner, Bryson Tiller, Kevin Gates, plus some old standbys like Beyoncé. Here’s the…
Here it is … I know you’ve been waiting for it. It’s April’s Top 40 songs on our R&B and Hip Hop chart. Check who’s sitting in the top 10,…
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Pro Tips To Make You A Better DJ
Winning a DJ competition should not signal the end of creativity. Good DJs don’t have time, or the inclination, to rest on their laurels. Keeping the creative fires burning is…
The other day, I was listening to a retrospective of hip hop music. The radio station was playing one of Maestro Fresh Wes’ biggest hits, “Let Your Backbone Slide.” Wow,…
Apparently, reports of Deadmau5’s death were premature. Deadmau5 has announced that he “missed making hip hop” (mixmag.com). So, true to his longstanding pattern of doing whatever he wants, Deadmau5 remixed…
The fact that DJ Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith are touring the world together isn’t exactly a secret. The two of them have been promoting it for close to a…
