Afrika Bambaataa

It’s Beginning With a Jam: Bronxlyn Productions is Making a Splash on the NYC Underground Hip-Hop Scene

Eoin Higgins — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 16:29:17 +0000

From Erykah Badu to Afrika Bambaataa and Kool Herc, Bronxlyn Productions is delivering noteworthy events to NYC's hip-hop underground

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Hip Hop Pioneer Afrika Bambaataa Signs Publishing Deal With Sony/ATV Music

Birthplace Magazine — Thu, 07 May 2015 17:24:54 +0000

The deal, according to Billboard, includes the entire songwriting catalog from the "Godfather of Hip Hop," as well as his future works.

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Video Music Box 30 Year Anniversary Kickoff Event at The Schomburg Center, Harlem [Recap, Video, Photos]

Steven Ortiz — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:28:50 +0000

Iconic video show Video Music Box celebrates 30 years with a lineup of events planned for 2013. Television pioneer and hip hop icon Ralph McDaniels officially started the VMB30 celebrations with a "kickoff event," held at Harlem's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

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Ralph McDaniels Interview: Speaks on 30 Years of Video Music Box & Upcoming Celebrations on The NY Hip Hop Report

Manny Faces — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:48:39 +0000

Ralph McDaniels, creator and longtime host of the pioneering music video program Video Music Box, spoke at length with weekly online radio talk show The NY Hip Hop Report about the progression of his illustrious career, current projects and the upcoming kickoff to a year’s worth of special events lined up to celebrate the show’s 30th anniversary.

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The Hip Hop Takeover: Saturday, June 25 – Sunday, June 26 on WBAI, 99.5 (NYC)

Birthplace Magazine — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:00:54 +0000

Starting midnight on Saturday, June 25 (aka late Friday night) and continuing until 1 a.m. Sunday Morning, June 26, Ife Dancy and 99.5 FM WBAI (NYC) will be presenting this year's installment of The Hip Hop Takeover, a 25-hour radio marathon "catering to the gritty, underground, politically conscience audience as well as the mainstream commercial crowd." The theme for this highly anticipated yearly event, "Tribute to our Pioneers."

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Malcolm McLaren Tribute Mix – DJ Premier

Birthplace Magazine — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:07:20 +0000

Punk rock "godfather" Malcolm McLaren was also something of a hip hop pioneer as well, and DJ Premier knows and shows it

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A Day In The Bronx – Davey D. Video Series

Birthplace Magazine — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:04:51 +0000

A four-part series of interviews, highlighting the 40th anniversary of the Black Spades, with a specific focus on how the gang activity of the 1960s and 1970s helped create the conditions from which hip hop emerged.

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