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"I can't even say we because the real hip-hop pioneers are like DJ Kool Herc even though people look at me and say, 'Oh, you're old school.' But when I came in, we really fought for the respectiability of the art. People who are researching the genre...
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Martin Luther King, Jr. still remains an iconic and towering figure of the African-American Civil Rights movement, his distinctive timbre still ringing in the minds of anyone who has ever heard one of his many recorded speeches. King’s assassination in...
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They have the resources to open up places and centers for kids to go there and have some fun ... Like I said, we need a dialogue; we have to talk to police officers when there's an emergency there. We have to use each other.
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The Alabama-born rapper performed the song on Conan (with Travis Barker on drums) and on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The video for “Let’s Roll” was filmed in Gadsden, Alabama and The Bronx, New York, and also features a cameo appearance by hip-hop pioneer DJ...
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Before the gripes start: No, no insanely donked/neon'd/candy-painted/Lambo-doored rapper rides. Ludicrous (Ludacris?) excess has been a part of hip-hop culture since it first moved out of DJ Kool Herc's Bronx rec room. Splice that in with the gaudy...
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From ‘Bama to the Bronx, Yelawolf cruises with Kid Rock in the video for “Let’s Roll,” the second single off the Alabama rapper’s Shady Records debut Radioactive. The cross country trek starts in the South as Yela races monster trucks through the mud,...
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My whole thing was come to my party to have fun. Don't miss the program, I want you to feel as good as I feel
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Those then composing and/or performing across genres and musical philosophies included Patti Smith, Steve Reich, Talking Heads, DJ Kool Herc, Philip Glass, the Ramones, Arthur Russell, Meredith Monk, David Mancuso, Anthony Braxton and Grandmaster Flash.
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Police Nationale have been called – but no-one can get near. The air is thick with Hip-Hop filling the adjacent streets, acting like a force field. You can hear the faint licks of Aerosmith and the rising vocals of Bowie as far as the Champs Elysees. ...
About DJ Kool Herc
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Clive Campbell (born April 16, 1955), also known as Kool Herc, DJ Kool Herc and Kool DJ Herc, is a Jamaican-born DJ who is credited with originating hip hop music, in the Bronx, New York City. His playing of hard funk records of the sort typified by James Brown was an alternative both to the violent gang culture of the Bronx and to the nascent... Full Article
