2023 was a big year for hip-hop as the genre celebrated its 50th anniversary. A lot has changed in the music industry since the earliest MCs began telling their stories in rhyme schemes, but still, ...

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DMX, Run DMC and Public Enemy (Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Live Nation, Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images x2) Asking someone to name their favorite rap album is like asking what their ...

On August 11, 1973, Cindy Campbell threw a back-to-school party at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx. Her brother Clive, better known as DJ Kool Herc, was enlisted to DJ, and he used the occasion to ...