For hip-hop, this was expressed through the turntable manipulation pioneered by DJ Kool Herc in 1973, when he extended and looped breakbeats to energize crowds. House music’s innovators turned to the ...
Local Christian musicians Jeremy Conroy and Phillip Tidwell have released a collaborative Christian hip-hop album called “The Twins.” Conroy is from LaGrange and goes by the stage name “G3RM 43.” He ...
On this day 45 years ago, “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang became Hip-Hop’s first-ever Top 40 hit, marking a transformative moment in music history. Released in August 1979 by the ...