Hip-Hop legends DJ Kool Herc and N.W.A will be honored by the Recording Academy the night before the 2024 Grammy Awards. The Recording Academy announced the recipients of the 2024 Lifetime Achievement ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up In 1973, Clive Campbell, aka DJ Kool Herc, hosted a party in the ...

DJ Kool Herc had an emotional response to being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. During the induction ceremony at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on Fri., Herc, born Clive Campbell, was joined ...

Hip hop culture has infiltrated every aspect of American life but back in 1970's New York, two topics defined the era: disco ...

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*DJ Kool Herc, credited as one of the pioneers of hip-hop, is suing HBO over the use of his identity, name and voice in the show “Vinyl,” produced by Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and others, according ...

On this day in 1955, DJ Kool Herc was born Clive Campbell in Kingston, Jamaica. He moved to the Bronx when he was 12 years old and took on the name “Kool Herc” when he became a member of the graffiti ...

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"Hip-hop ain't show loyalty yet/Kool Herc ain't never get a royalty check." - Black Thought DJ Premier announced on his radio show, "Live from HQ," that DJ Kool Herc, one of the originators of hip-hop ...

DJ Kool Herc, born Clive Campbell and later known as the father of Hip-Hop, needs some help. According to MTV the 55-year-old is in need of surgery and is currently seeking financial help, as one of ...

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On August 11th, 1973, Kool DJ Herc and his sister Cindy organized a back-to-school party in the recreation room of a residential building at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx. The shindig is credited ...