hip-hop history

Sylvia Robinson, Sugar Hill Records Co-Founder and ‘Mother of Hip Hop,’ Dead at 75

Birthplace Magazine — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:58:39 +0000

Sylvia Robinson, the singer-turned-record-executive responsible for signing early hip hop icons such as the Sugar Hill Gang and Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five to the masses, has died. She was 75.

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Gil Scott-Heron Tribute Mixtape: Cookin Soul Presents ‘The Revolution is Being Televised’

Birthplace Magazine — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:26:57 +0000

Cookin Soul delivers a fine tribute mixtape which we thought was worth highlighting, showcasing "signature Gil sounds fitted up with some speech samples, looped runs, and blended up atmosphereic moods," says ology.com.

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Fat Beats Records Is Back (Sort Of) – Fat Beats Records Opening Monthly “Pop-Up Shop”

Birthplace Magazine — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 04:54:10 +0000

In September 2010, Fat Beats Records closed its Los Angeles and New York locations, ending an iconic run as a revered source for vinyl and underground and independent hip hop. For one day a month, starting March 5, they're back!

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Bobbito Garcia Interview [The T.R.O.Y. Blog]

Birthplace Magazine — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 04:58:07 +0000

One half of the legendary Stretch and Bobbito Radio show, Bobbito Garcia speaks with the good folks at The T.R.O.Y. Blog about one of hip hop's most historically significant radio programs

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Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Anniversary/Reunion Show – WKCR 89.9FM – NYC Radio

Birthplace Magazine — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:05:56 +0000

Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia reunited for the 20 Year Anniversary Reunion of the legendary NYC radio program, The Stretch & Bobbito Show, despite the Columbia University's recent takeover of Squeeze Radio, the show's current-day incarnation

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Happy Birthday Hip Hop [Aug. 11, 1973 – Present]

Birthplace Magazine — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:37:51 +0000

Many point to a single event as being a focal point that started the artistic explosion that became what hip hop is today, on this day, in 1973, in the Bronx

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The Origins of Hip Hop Commemorated at the Bronx Museum of the Arts

Hadasah Ingrid — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:30:56 +0000

South Bronx, 1970s: A young man, circular fro, smiling, showing off his graffitied T-shirt. He’s all at once curious, precocious, hopeful and fearless. A burgeoning culture surrounds him, full of mixed influences, an environment that will either snuff out his future or propel him to greatness. This is the genesis of hip hop. And someone […]

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1520 Sedgwick Ave., “Birthplace of Hip-Hop” Honored by NY Art Committee

Birthplace Magazine — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:08:42 +0000

City Lore, a nonprofit that researches and documents the grass-roots culture of New York City life, recognizes "Birthplace of Hip-Hop"

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Celebrity Benefit for World’s First Hip-Hop Museum in NYC, 2/9/10

Birthplace Magazine — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:41:58 +0000

Fundraiser to benefit the development of the "first ever" true Hip-Hop Museum will take place on Feb 9, 2010

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