Spotify has rounded out the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop with an animated telling of the genre’s origin. Spotify called on Yonkers rapper Jadakiss to serve as narrator, detailing the New York roots of ...

On this day 50 years ago (August 11, 1973), Kool Herc threw his legendary back-to-school basement party, which would go on to create the foundation for Hip-Hop music through the “breakbeat” DJ ...

At first many dismissed it as a fad when it exploded out of the Bronx after a dance party in the summer of 1973 where Dj Kool Herc used two turntables to switch back and forth between two records to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This Sunday, CBS and Paramount+ air "A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop," a concert celebration that will feature dozens of ...

Hip-hop’s origin story — DJ Kool Herc’s 1973 Bronx dance party — channels a naturally visual mythos. In 1973, the world was still enthralled with disco, while Marvin Gaye, Pink Floyd, the Rolling ...

When was hip hop born? Its widely accepted birth date is 11 August 1973, when a now legendary party was thrown in a community room at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, a tower block in the Bronx, New York. It was ...

This week on The Limits, Jay chops it up with Fat Joe: the Grammy-nominated rapper, entrepreneur, and legendary storyteller. Fat Joe on witnessing the birth of hip hop, and how he stays in the game ...

On this day 52 years ago (August 11, 1973), the world witnessed the birth of a cultural revolution. In the rec room of 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, a young DJ named Kool Herc threw his legendary ...