A new NPR profile this week celebrates the art and legacy of jumping double dutch–the game that came to create and define Black Girl Magic as the artform enters its 50th year as an organized sport.
The early years of hip-hop are rooted solidly in New York. In 1973, DJ Kool Herc threw what's considered to be the first hip-hop party in history in the Bronx. It's been 50 years since that moment, ...
The Brooklyn Public Library gave new meaning to the “all-nighter” with an event marking the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip-hop. To commemorate the milestone anniversary, the library hosted ...
On August 11, 1973, a young innovative DJ rocked a modest party for fellow teenagers in a small community room in a Bronx apartment building. What Kool Herc did behind the turntables at that ...
Sure, the Internet is killing off multinational conglomerated music Goliaths, but it's also spurring a new era of creativity and collaboration between artists previously separated by genres and ...
Figuring out what counts as the alpha moment, the big bang explosion, that led to an entire, massive musical genre such as hip hop and rap is, at best, a speculative affair. Mostly, it’s a really good ...
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