On this day in 1955, Clive Campbell—better known to the world as DJ Kool Herc—was born in Kingston, Jamaica. At the age of 12, he relocated with his family to the Bronx, New York, where his influence ...

On the latest episode of “Drink Champs,” N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN sat down with Cold Crush Brothers founder member DJ Charlie Chase. Chase was pivotal in the ascension of Hip Hop back in the 1970s. A multi ...

There’s a new elevated crime drama coming soon from a familiar pedigree. MGM+’s new crime drama, Hotel Cocaine, takes audiences into Miami’s tumultuous cocaine era of the 1970s and ’80s. From the ...

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 ...

When DJ Kool Herc spun records at a small party in the Bronx in August of 1973, no one would have predicted his unique style would give birth to the most influential and dominant music in the world: ...

*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 ...