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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 ...

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 ...

Grandmaster Flash, DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa and Chuck D attend Columbia University's Rap Summit circa November 1993 in New York City Credit - Kevin Mazur—WireImage/Getty Images Hip-hop is having ...

We discuss the book, Can’t Stop Won’t Stop and play excerpts from the Hard Knock Radio audio collection A Hip Hop History featuring Brother J of X Clan, Tupac Shakur, Shock G, MC Lyte, Twilight Bey, ...