From breakbeats to the dance floor: How hip-hop and house revolutionized music and culture
Both genres recently celebrated big birthdays. From their origins in the clubs and jams of the 1970s and 1980s, house and hip ...
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Homegrown: Fifty years of hip-hop culture in CT
DJ Kool Herc spun his turntables on August 11, 1973, introducing a now infamous drum break during a back-to-school party in his apartment at 1520 Sedgwick Ave. It wouldn’t take long for ...
A Long Career in Black Rock Music Comes to a Tragic End in the Bronx
Peter Forrest was the charismatic lead singer of 24-7 Spyz, which did shows with Jane’s Addiction. Last week, Mr. Forrest, 64 ...