Curtis Fisher a.k.a Grandmaster Caz, one of Hip Hop’s very first and most well known ghostwriters, turns 63 today. He currently works as a celebrity tour guide for Hush Hip Hop Tours, a Hip Hop cultural sightseeing tour company in NYC and is a board member of The Universal Federation for the Preservation of Hip Hop Culture. In his apex […] The post Happy 63rd Birthday To Hip Hop Pioneer Grandmaster Caz! first appeared on The Source.
The Source Magazine sends a big born day shout out to the No Limit general We want to give a big Happy Birthday shout out to Master P (aka Percy Miller), who was born on April 29, 1970 in the city New Orleans. He used money from a malpractice settlement to open No Limit Records, […] The post Happy Birthday To New Orleans Hip Hop Pioneer Master P! first appeared on The Source.
On this date, we celebrate the born day of the very first person to be considered an emcee in the culture we now call Hip Hop; Coke La Rock. “Now way back in the days when hip-hop began With Coke La Rock, Kool Herc, and then Bam” – KRS-1 “South Bronx” Today marks the 69th […] The post Happy 69th Birthday To Hip Hop Pioneer Coke La Rock! first appeared on The Source.
On April 19, a crowd gathered in Durham's CCB Plaza to mourn the passing of Rowdy. The Cypher kicked off at 9:19 PM—a marker of our 919 area code, where Rowdy started his hip-hop journey over a decade ago.
Those lucky enough to have been to the beautiful city centre Italian restaurant know it is truly a special place. The independent, award-winning, family-run restaurant sources its delicious produce from Scotland and Italy, where it is officially recommended by the Academia Italiana della cucina. It’s remarkable success is down to Victor and Carina Contini, who in addition to their George Street restaurant, are also the force behind The Scottish Cafe & Restaurant at the Scottish National Gallery...
Today, we say happy birthday to one of the original West Coasters, Too $hort, born on this date in 1966. As one of Hip Hop’s first self-made businessmen, $hort started off his career pumping his own X-rated mixtapes out of the trunk of his car. Releasing fifteen albums between 1987 and 2012, Too $hort has […] The post Happy Birthday To Bay Area Rap Icon Too $hort! first appeared on The Source.
On this day in 1971, Fred Scruggs Jr., better known as Fredro Starr of the legendary Hip Hop group Onyx, was born. Fredro has morphed from being the front man of the crazy bald heads to an award winning rapper and actor. Born and raised in Flatbush, Brooklyn, Starr moved to Jamaica, Queens as a […] The post Happy 53rd Birthday To Onyx’s Fredro Starr! first appeared on The Source.
In the world of Hip-Hop diss tracks, time is of the essence. So the three weeks since Drake dropped “Push-Ups” in response to Kendrick Lamar’s “Like That” verse feels like a relative eternity not to hear back from K. Dot. So when the Compton emcee dropped his much-awaited response “euphoria” Tuesday morning, those of us who’ve been waiting with bated breath stopped what we were doing and scrambled for the headphones. Indeed, “euphoria” is what many of us were waiting for: A scathing, incisive...
The first criminal trial of a former US president is underway, with Donald Trump facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to hush-money payments allegedly made in 2016 to cover up an affair he had with adult film star Stormy Daniels. Here’s the latest—the key updates and absurd moments—from the historic trial. Public birthday wishes […]
‘At the first one, we had DJs in the foyer and people were jumping in to battle with the dancers. We took out seats to make more standing room and the noise was crazy’I was at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, performing my piece Aeroplane Man. Alistair Spalding had booked the show and said: “Hey, what else are you up to?” I said: “Look, I’m not the only person who does this kind of work, using hip-hop as a theatrical device. Let’s do a hip-hop theatre festival!” Then Alistair got his job as...
Performing at this year’s Festival International, La Dame Blanche marries Latin hip-hop with the magical sounds of the flute.
After debates around the decline of hip-hop flooded social media in recent years, the numbers are showing a shift in 2024.