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Hip-Hop Before and After Big Daddy Kane’s “Raw”
When Big Daddy Kane released “Just Rhymin’ With Biz” in 1987, the song was well received throughout the Tri-State area on radio stations like WBLS and KISS FM. As it...
Hip-Hop Before and After Big Daddy Kane’s “Raw”
When Big Daddy Kane released “Just Rhymin’ With Biz” in 1987, the song was well received throughout the Tri-State area on radio stations like WBLS and KISS FM. As it...
The Battle Between Big Daddy Kane and Biz Marki...
There were two major shopping destinations in Downtown Brooklyn that served as the focal point for New York City’s Hip-Hop community in the 1980s. The Fulton Mall — which often...
The Battle Between Big Daddy Kane and Biz Marki...
There were two major shopping destinations in Downtown Brooklyn that served as the focal point for New York City’s Hip-Hop community in the 1980s. The Fulton Mall — which often...
The EX-VANDALS
As graffiti began the shift from the single-hit era to more colorful abstractions that would later become known as the “masterpiece era,” New York City — and in particular Brooklyn...
The EX-VANDALS
As graffiti began the shift from the single-hit era to more colorful abstractions that would later become known as the “masterpiece era,” New York City — and in particular Brooklyn...
The Day After the Sedgwick Avenue Party
For most New Yorkers, August 12 was just a typical Sunday. The front page of the Daily News reported about Mickey Mantle’s homer off Whitey Ford during an old-timers game...
The Day After the Sedgwick Avenue Party
For most New Yorkers, August 12 was just a typical Sunday. The front page of the Daily News reported about Mickey Mantle’s homer off Whitey Ford during an old-timers game...
The Anatomy of the 1973 Party
Clive (“Kool Herc”) Campbell and his sister Cindy grew up with a varied musical soundtrack in their Bronx home at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue. Their father, Keith, a trained mechanic in...
The Anatomy of the 1973 Party
Clive (“Kool Herc”) Campbell and his sister Cindy grew up with a varied musical soundtrack in their Bronx home at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue. Their father, Keith, a trained mechanic in...
From Jamaica to the Bronx
Prior to the birth of Hip-Hop, jazz and rock and roll were viewed as the most important American-born genres of music — combining elements of the blues, ragtime, gospel, boogie-woogie,...
From Jamaica to the Bronx
Prior to the birth of Hip-Hop, jazz and rock and roll were viewed as the most important American-born genres of music — combining elements of the blues, ragtime, gospel, boogie-woogie,...