Kool Herc

Don't mess with the legend.

When the founding father of hip-hop speaks, the world listens. Earlier this week, The Combat Jack Show welcomed Kool Herc to the studio for an extensive interview and towards the end, Jack asked Herc who his top five MCs in the game were. The answer was certainly surprising ...

On this day, October 3, in hip-hop history… 2004: Hip-hop has often been neglected at mainstream award shows. Hip-hop categories had often been historically neglected during the televised show.  Meanwhile, hip-hop artists rarely get special recognition from their peers or other artists...

On August 11, 2013, hip-hop music celebrated the 40th anniversary of the day Kool Herc dragged his turntables and records to a Bronx recreation area and spun discs in an entirely different way than most had ever heard. In addition, when his homeboy Coke La Rock started talking trash into a microphone left on the table, the beautiful dynamic between DJ and MC blossomed to the beat...

This past week has been dominated with headlines surrounding the news of Lil Wayne's most recent seizures. While the YMCMB impresario has since reportedly been released from the hospital and has fully recovered from his medical crisis, Weezy isn't the only emcee to have endured a medical emergency...

Trump makes his SOBs NYC performance an affair to remember...

Last night (December 29) 50 Cent rocked XXL's Issue Release Party at NYC's Webster Hall. Here he performs his classic cuts while the legendary Kool Herc aside him watching...

During a conference at Rutgers University, DJ Kool Herc shed a couple of tears as he talked about Heavy D...

Fans are encouraged to donate to help Herc pay his medical bills...

Aside from not having any money to donate.

Is hip-hop headed to a new renaissance era...

Who cares if rappers Shang Tsung each other?