The Bangerz have stood alongside a veritable Who's-Who list of groundbreaking artists, including Diplo, Chris Brown, Afrika Bambaataa, Kelis, The Clipse, Ghostface Killah, Z-Trip, Major Lazer and Odd Future. Their ongoing collaboration with dance crew The Jabbawockeez has created some of t... Read more...
Legendary Label Receives First Official Retrospective Seminal Music from Bill Laswell, Afrika Bambaataa, Grand Mixer DS.T & more Change The Beat The Celluloid Records Story 1980 – 1987 Strut kicks off its 2013 release schedule with the first definitive overview of one of the most rev... Read more...
A journey through the origins and influence of funk music from James Brown to D’Angelo, we are FINDING THE FUNK! Inspired by an idea from legendary record producer Arthur Baker, “Finding The Funk” is a road trip in search of the past, present and future of Funk music. We start in Dayton th... Read more...
Hip-hop forefather Afrika Bambaataa can officially add a new line to his impressive résumé: visiting scholar. That's exactly the title he's taking on at Cornell University, where he'll begin his three-year term in November. Each year, he'll visit the Ithaca, N.Y. campus for several days, during... Read more...
By: Davey D People have often talked about fighting wars using biological and chemical weapons. We came after Hitler for using them. We came after Saddam Hussein for using them. Sadly no one ever came after those who flooded urban communities during the 1980s and into the 90s with Crack. ... Read more...
Decades before Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Eminem or Lil Wayne made names for themselves in mainstream hip-hop, Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash and Kool Herc introduced the movement to the first adopters, who spread the genre to the masses via not only music, but dancing, art and DJing. That rich ... Read more...
According to a statement made by DJ Premier on his Sirius XM satellite radio show, 'Live From HeadQCourterz,' hip-hop legend DJ Kool Herc has been hospitalized and is in need of financial support. While there's no specific details on Herc's illness, Premier claims that the hip-hop veteran's cond... Read more...
Note: Most of this is from AllHipHop so be sure to use your bullsh*t comb when reading this one... Afrika Bambaataa, one of Hip-Hop's founding fathers, believes that the genre of Hip-Hop music has been hijacked by a Luciferian conspiracy to poison the minds of its listeners. Afrika Bambaataa... Read more...