This early use of turntablism skills lit the spark that later became hip hop. To mark the occasion, Hip Hop Day is celebrated ...

DJ Kool Herc is considered the first DJ to isolate the breaks —the most danceable beats in a record — and repeat them, to keep the dancers going. Originally broadcast in 2005. MOSLEY: This month marks ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 11, 1973, was a typically nutso (and 90-degree) day in New York City in the Seventies. Two suspicious fires broke out in the ...

The third in a series of Retropolis stories looking back at moments in hip-hop history during the week of the music genre’s 50th anniversary. What ended as the day that hip-hop was born began hours ...

DJ Kool Herc, a pioneer of the breakbeat, is also a master of kites. Written by Walter Thompson-Hernández Photographs by Tonje Thilesen On a Wednesday in July at Clason Point Park in the Bronx, DJ ...

Forty-five years ago today (August 11, 1973), DJ Kool Herc spinned funk and soul records at a rec room in the Bronx, N.Y., that would spark a movement and culture that would be known as hip-hop. No ...

Whenever I teach courses on hip-hop at the University of Virginia, I provide a brief overview of where hip-hop music began. One of the important dates I use is Aug. 11, 1973. That’s when DJ Kool Herc, ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Tonya Mosley. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) MOSLEY: This month marks 50 years of hip-hop. To celebrate, all this week we'll be featuring interviews with some of the most influential ...

MOSLEY: This month marks 50 years of hip-hop. To celebrate, all this week we'll be featuring interviews with some of the most influential rappers and DJs over the last 50 years. We'll start at the ...