The Kennedy Center also acknowledges DJ Kool Herc's "throwing the switch" moment as what really kicked off the hip-hop movement. "The effect that night was electric, and soon other DJs in the ...

As it celebrates its 50th birthday, we are mapping hip-hop's story on a local level ... Long Beach natives to form the iconic crew the Electric Boogaloos. With gymnastic ground-floor innovations ...

Then, he did something a little different: He mixed drum breaks from different songs, creating the syncopated beats that would become the bedrock of hip-hop. The effect was electric. Other ...

Hip-hop’s origin story — DJ Kool Herc’s 1973 ... of an even more over-the-top sequel the same year, Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo. Ice-T plays himself in both films, giving live performances.

The DJ, rapper and producer Afrika Bambaataa made hip-hop electric by releasing tracks with electro beats in the 1980s. The Godfather also wanted to encourage the youth to trade gang life ...

Complete with compilations of hit music videos from decades past and a surprise entrance by his high school best friend and fellow artist Lil Fate DTP, Ludacris delivered the hip-hop throwback of ...