6.1K views · 38 reactions | Music stars such as Diplo, Soulja Boy and French Montana have shared their memories of hearing hip-hop tracks for the first time. The genre is widely recognised to have started in 1973 when DJ Kool Herc played music at a party in the Bronx in New York City. #hiphop #newyorkcity #stars #music | Sky News | Facebook

Shout out to J Cruz and the crew for always showing me so much love I was originally going on the station to do some promo for my tour; I didn’t learn till I got there that Soulja Boy was also in the mix to promote his new sneaker brand Soulja Stars. Apparently Big Draco is the first rapper to go viral on YouTube, which I also didn’t realize until I heard him say it at the station that day- pretty inspiring for me as an artist who owes a lot of their success to the platform, and to have him thro