Editor’s Note: This story originally reported that the Clive Campbell who filed the lawsuit was the real name of D.J. Kool Herc, a founder of hip hop. In fact, it is a different Clive Campbell.

Breaking originated in the Bronx in the 1970s. DJ Kool Herc realized that people tend to dance with more energy during the instrumental section songs, also known as the "break." He then created the ...

The father of hip hop, DJ Kool Herc, and the First Lady of hip hop, Cindy Campbell, join us to discuss the evolution of hip hop from its origins at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue to becoming a cultural ...

Grandmaster Flash may have a rep as an unstoppable egotist (who wouldn't be under the circumstances?) but John Doran found him to be good company If you’ve read something you love on our site today, ...

The interactive Doodle commemorates the 44th anniversary of the party where DJ Kool Herc is credited with creating hip hop in 1973. SEE ALSO: 40 years of hip hop mashed into one song is legendary ...

African-American DJs, such as Grandmaster Flash and the Jamaican-born 'father of hip-hop' Kool Herc, extended the instrumental sections (or 'breaks') from records by mixing between two identical ...