Singer-guitarist Country Joe McDonald of Country Joe and the Fish is 84. Comedian Don Novello is 83. Actor Renn Woods is 68. Actor Dedee Pfeiffer (“Cybill”) is 62. Singer Tank is 50. Actor Eden Riegel ...
On this date in 1958, a man who will forever reform the stance of the turntable was born; Joseph Saddler best known as Grandmaster Flash. Amidst the infancy of hip-hop culture, Grandmaster Flash ...
Grandmaster Flash will revisit Hip-Hop’s early days in his 2026 memoir *Birth of a Culture*, shifting focus from personal trauma to cultural storytelling. Grandmaster Flash is ready to rewind the ...
Grandmaster Flash will revisit his journey through hip-hop — from Bronx block parties to the world stage — in his upcoming memoir Birth of a Culture. The book, due out in the fall of 2026 via ...
Inspired by a new book tracing four pivotal years in the city’s history, hear a playlist of songs from the dawn of hip-hop that were swirling at the time. By Jonathan Mahler Hear songs from Lucy Sante ...
Jan. 1 (UPI) --Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. They include: -- Italian statesman Lorenzo de' Medici in 1449 -- American patriot Paul Revere in 1735 -- Betsy Ross, who, legend ...
Hear songs from Lucy Sante’s “I Heard Her Call My Name” by ESG Public Image Ltd., the Floaters and more. By Lindsay Zoladz Songs by Labi Siffre, Bessie Banks, the Brat and more that became invested ...
Keith LeBlanc, a drummer, producer and recording artist best known for his work on pioneering early hip-hop records by Grandmaster Flash and others, died Thursday after a battle with an undisclosed ...
HACKENSACK — The Bronx may be widely known as the birthplace of hip-hop, but the genre also has deep roots in Bergen County, where the Sugarhill Gang brought the art form to the masses with “Rappers ...
The handwriting projected onto the large screen in Roone Arledge Auditorium read “4BF = 6CCR = Full Loop Extraction,” or “Four bars forward is equal to six counterclockwise revolutions, equals full ...
Grandmaster Flash, real name Joseph Saddler, rose to fame in the 1970s as a pioneer of the hip-hop movement and DJing. Born in the Bronx, a neighborhood in New York, Flash began his career as a local ...