You simply can’t get a party started today without a ready dose of New York hip-hop. The pithy candor of Ice Spice promises ...

Ice-T, Chuck, Flavor Flav, Kurtis Blow, DJ Kool Herc, and Grandmaster Flash are among the hip-hop legends in their 60s, and they often have to fight for their rightful place. “Daddy-O, to me, did the ...

On this day in 1955, DJ Kool Herc was born Clive Campbell in Kingston, Jamaica. He moved to the Bronx when he was 12 years old and took on the name “Kool Herc” when he became a member of the ...

LL Cool J honored DJ Kool Herc as “one of the great founders of hip-hop” when the pioneering musical visionary received the Musical Influence Award at the 2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ...

The godfather of hip-hop, DJ Kool Herc, inducted by LL Cool J received the Musical Influence Award at this year's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame In 2021, LL Cool J was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall ...

Hip-hop is having a party. For the uninitiated, 2023 marks a year-long 50th birthday celebration for the genre. Celebrations and commemorations abound just about everywhere—even at unlikely ...

Right on cue, Herc’s sister, Cindy Campbell, who stood by his side, stepped to the mic to celebrate her brother. “I want to congratulate my brother DJ Kool Herc for staying on that path and ...

Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame / Via gettyimages.com DJ Kool Herc had an emotional response to being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. During the induction ...

Hip-hop godfather DJ Kool Herc was honored in the Musical Influence category at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony tonight. He broke down in tears after he was inducted by LL Cool J.

LL Cool J gave DJ Kool Herc an incredible tribute for his 2023 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction at the Brooklyn ceremony tonight. The speech started with LL Cool J looking back on how Kool Herc ...

And when Koolism is nominated for an ARIA award, Hau comes face to face with another pioneer, the legendary Bronx DJ Kool Herc. Will Hau get the nod of approval from the father of hip hop?

He said such an event is a long time coming. DJ Kool Herc, the Jamaican sound system maverick widely hailed as the creator of hip hop, is promoting the festival with his sister, Cindy Campbell.