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Rap’s New Renaissance: Why Older Hip-Hop Artists Are Thriving
Additionally, some Hip-Hop YouTube series entertain and educate new and old fans alike (e.g., DJ Premier’s So Wassup and ...
Sampled by Grandmaster Flash, De La Soul and the Fugees, Cymande shaped the sound of hip-hop. Now they’re back to claim their legacy
Cymande’s influence on hip-hop culture is huge. But with new album Renascence, the spotlight returns to the funk institution, and Patrick Patterson is here to play ...
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Happy 70th Birthday To Hip Hop Founder DJ Kool Herc!
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 influence ...
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Sampled by Grandmaster Flash, De La Soul and the Fugees, Cymande shaped the sound of hip-hop. Now they’re back to claim their legacy
Yes, Patterson and his partner in crime, bassist Steve Scipio, disbanded Cymande in the mid to late ’70s ... of hip-hop and vintage vinyl-loving circles, Cymande was a myth – a legend ...