Kool Herc

The State of Snoop Dogg: An Awkward Gangstafari

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DJ Chucky Brown on Teaching the Art of DJing and His Collection of 25,000 Records

With a record-collecting father and a Studio 54-era disco queen mother, DJ Chucky Brown had a musically rich childhood. Originally an NYC native, he frequented fixtures of the early '90s dance scene such as the Paladium and Danceteria, and began his DJ career by leveraging the vast collection of vin ... More >>

Del The Funky Homosapien on His Favorite Old-School Rappers, New Album Attractive Sin, and His Very First Live Show

It's a weekday afternoon, and Del the Funky Homosapien's mom has just left his house. She was passing through to pick up an iPod the rapper had bought for her -- but left empty-handed, as she wasn't confident about being able to use Apple's dinky little music player. "She's gonna come back in a coup ... More >>

Chris’ Cross

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

Today at Papalote: All-Day Benefit for Godfather of Hip-Hop Kool Herc

Joe ConzoKool Herc doesn't have health insurance, and needs to come up with a hefty deposit for surgery.​Kool Herc (born Clive Campbell) threw the first-ever hip-hop party in 1973, and has been critically celebrated as the godfather of the youth culture that later took over the world. So it's ... More >>

To Help Hip-Hop Father Kool Herc, Eat a Papalote Burrito Today

Kool Herc​By now you may have heard the bad news about Kool Herc, one of hip-hop's founding fathers: He needs a stent from a recent kidney stone removed, but doesn't have health insurance. Father Herc has to throw down a hefty deposit to get the medical work done.To help out, both locations of S.F ... More >>

Afrika Bambaataa on the Origins of Hip-hop, the Perfect Beat, and His Most Treasured Record

Afrika Bambaataa​For those who haven't heard of Afrika Bambaataa, the Godfather of hip-hop, his resume looks something like this: 1969-1971: Warlord, Black Spades, Bronx River Houses, Bronx NY. Responsibilities included: Tagging turf; crossing enemy lines to forge relationships with other gangs ... More >>

Nas and Damian Marley show the wrong way to Africa

What's With All The Misspelled Names in Hip-Hop?: An Examination

Chali 2na​So Chali 2na's coming to Yoshi's tonight. Dude may be the most likeable member of Jurassic 5, with his booming voice and salaam-to-that-ass demeanor, but he's also the one whose name mounts the most nihilistic assault on orthographic sensibility (distant second: Mark 7even). Not that th ... More >>

Hip hop heroes school the new kids

Spray-On Soul

Getting Up is a flawed but fascinating ode to graffiti 's early years.

Meat Beating? The beating of nuts? What the hell is going on here?

BeatBox

Behold, a slew of amazing DJs coming to San Francisco this week: Kool Herc, Roni Size, and Richie Hawtin

Don't Stop

Hip hop's history

Styles Upon Styles

The Bay Area's Triple Threat DJs bring all their records to the party

Beenie Man

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