On the tail of acts like The Sugar Hill Gang and The Funky 4+1, The Treacherous Three (LA Sunshine, Special…
It was the first #1 song to feature rap. It was the first video played on MTV that featured rap.…
After Rapper’s Delight introduced the world to the underground hip-hop scene, more and more record labels began releasing rap singles.…
Tracing a line through rap history is virtually impossible. With so many precursors and proto versions, it’s hard to say…
When the DJ superstars like Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash moved from the house parties to the dance clubs, it…
New York City in the 1970s was a pretty rough place to live. So in order to escape from the…
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