On this day in 1973, a young lady named Cindy Campbell held a back-to-school birthday party in the rec room of 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, an apartment building in the Morris Heights neighborhood of the ...

Although the official birthday of what is considered the birth of hip-hop has passed, the celebration continues. The person who is called the father of hip-hop, DJ Kool Herc (born Clive Campbell), and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifty years on, the details of that historic night in the Bronx — the night everyone now says gave birth to hip-hop — still elude ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up In 1973, Clive Campbell, aka DJ Kool Herc, hosted a party in the ...

On this day in 1955, Clive Campbell, better known to the world as DJ Kool Herc, was born in Kingston, Jamaica. At the age of 12, he relocated with his family to the Bronx, New York, where his ...

The Father of Hip-Hop will be honored with 125 other distinguished Jamaicans from all over the world. Though the official 50 th anniversary of Hip-Hop has passed, the world is continuing to honor the ...

The legend says he is inviting all the big names to come out, saying it is going to be “huge.” DJ Kool Herc and his sister, Cindy Campbell, are heading back to their homeland of Jamaica for a special ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Tonya Mosley. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) MOSLEY: This month marks 50 years of hip-hop. To celebrate, all this week we'll be featuring interviews with some of the most influential ...

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 of ...

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 graffiti ...

MOSLEY: This month marks 50 years of hip-hop. To celebrate, all this week we'll be featuring interviews with some of the most influential rappers and DJs over the last 50 years. We'll start at the ...