DJ Kool is here for history! He has helped pave the way for a new documentary to be made called “The Beat Don’t Stop.” (AllHipHop News) “The Beat Don’t Stop” is a documentary that delves deep into the ...

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 ...

On this date in 1996, Washington, D.C.-based DJ Kool dropped his monumental single “Let Me Clear My Throat,” the last single from his debut LP of the same name on the American Recordings/Warner Bros.

Hip-Hop legends DJ Kool Herc and N.W.A will be honored by the Recording Academy the night before the 2024 Grammy Awards. The Recording Academy announced the recipients of the 2024 Lifetime Achievement ...

DJ Kool Herc is known as the father of the DJ breakbeat, part of the foundation of modern hip-hop. He also wrote the introduction to the recent... DJ Kool Herc and the Birth of the Breakbeat DJ Kool ...

Netflix's The Get Down is a fictional tale taking place in the real history of The Bronx during the birth of hip-hop. As such, the fictional characters that anchor the story often cross paths with ...

In a report by WTOP on Oct. 30, DJ Kool’s iconic 1996 live club recording of “Let Me Clear My Throat” has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, a long-overdue ...

Having consumed a few too many lemon pepper chicken wings, DJ Kool was dozing off to the Super Bowl last Sunday when his friend and colleague Fatman Scoop called. Fatman Scoop asked whether DJ Kool ...

DJ Kool Herc knows the truth. "How can you say you love hip-hop if you don't know who created it?" he asks, calling from his home in the Bronx. "That's phony." There are bigger hip-hop stars than Kool ...

DJ Kool Herc, who’s credited with birthing hip hop during his 1970s parties at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, has teamed with Christie’s for an online auction of memorabilia, including an old ...

LL Cool J gave DJ Kool Herc an incredible tribute for his 2023 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction at the Brooklyn ceremony tonight. The speech started with LL Cool J looking back on how Kool Herc ...

The hip-hop community has lost another pioneer. Kool DJ AJ passed away today (Sept. 9). The sad news was confirmed by rapper Kurtis Blow, a longtime friend of AJ, who served as the rapper's DJ ...