L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Decades before Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Eminem or Lil Wayne made names for themselves in mainstream hip-hop, Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash and Kool Herc introduced the movement to the first adopters, who spread the genre to the masses via not only..... more info

Topix — Pioneers: Grandmaster Flash, left, Afrika Bambaataa and Kool Herc are among the iconic figures profiled in Hip-Hop: A Cultural Odyssey. more info

Guardian Music — Few artists are true architects of their genre – but DJ Kool Herc has that distinction. It's time for hip-hop to pay him backIt's hardly a surprise that Clive "Kool Herc" Campbell is struggling to pay medical bills after an undisclosed condition re... more info

Guardian Music — Friends of hip-hop pioneer, who is suffering from an undisclosed condition, launch appeal to help pay for his hospital treatmentDJ Kool Herc, one of the founding fathers of hip-hop, is allegedly "very sick" and cannot afford hospital treatment. The m... more info

Topix — There was an old-school vibe at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night. With the New York Knicks showing signs of life not seen since the Patrick Ewing days, the team brought in pioneering DJ Grandmaster Flash to pump up the crowd against the rival ... more info

ContactMusic — Veteran hip-hop producer BOBBY ROBINSON has died at the age of 93.The founder of Enjoy Records lost a long battle with ill health on Friday (07Jan11), reports the New York Daily News. Robinson launched his label in the early 1960s with releases by ea... more info

Allmusic Blog — It was, in so many ways, a transitional year, a year of beginnings and endings, a year where the old guard began to fade as the new school emerged. So many sounds that defined the decade emerged in 1982 -- Thriller, of course, and also 1999, Rio, and... more info

MVSW — Ice Cube ~ “Check Yo Self” Ice Cube with Das EFX from 1993. I keep seeing the preview of the movie Due Date and can’t seem to get “Check Yourself” out of my head. Samples Grandmaster Flash ~ “The Message“ Wilson Pickett ~ “Mustang Sal... more info

Guardian Music — Magnetic Man, On tourThe idea of a dubstep supergroup might seem a little counter-intuitive. Dubstep's early chroniclers tended to revel in the genre as a masked urban phenomenon, designed by and for intense young men in hooded sweatshirts. Certainly... more info

Totally Fuzzy — a r n e l said... Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 James Brown - 4 albums Shakira - 8 albums Jaco Pastorius - 3 albums Tom Waits - 7 albums http://bestfbothworlds.blogspot.com Willard said... HARRY NILSSON The long-awaited documentary, "Who Is Ha... more info