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    TBOF, The Best of Friends, NYC club owners who ruled '70s nightlife and helped shape the Disco scene

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    WBLS and the Birth of Hip-Hop: Mr. Magic’s ‘Rap Attack’ and the 80s [roundtable with Red Alert, Marley Marl, Chuck Chillout, Fly Ty, Bugsy ]

    *1 hour, 6 minutes running time WBLS and the Birth of Hip-Hop: Mr. Magic’s ‘Rap Attack’ and the 80’s Oct 2019 In this episode of our Black Music Month round table series, radio veterans take a look at how the first radio show to exclusively play, the now most popular genre in the world...
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    NYC Mayor announces launch of yearlong celebration for 50th anniversary of Hip Hop

    Nov 14, 2022 Mayor Eric Adams was joined by hip-hop luminaries at City Hall to announce a yearlong series of events celebrating 50 years of hip-hop culture. @4:30 the list of speakers begins VJ Ralph McDaniels Roxanne Shante Master G (Sugar Hill) Mayor Adams Slick Rick Grandmaster Flash
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    Super Rockin' Mr. Magic appreciation thread

    MOUNT RUSHMORE figure in Hip Hop. Mr Magic, John Rivas, was the first host of a hip hop show on commercial radio. He passes away in 2009. Whodini, Marley Marl, Juice Crew are part of his legacy and story, as well as every hip hop radio show that came afterwards. Going to start the thread with...
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    Synth/Electronic music pioneer Don Lewis has passed away

    Don Lewis, Electronic Music Pioneer, Dies at 81 The musician and composer created the “Live Electronic Orchestra”—a precursor to MIDI—and helped develop the Roland TR-808 drum machine November 9, 2022 Don Lewis, August 1975 (John Sunderland/The Denver Post via Getty Images) Don Lewis, the...
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    A&E Origins of Hip Hop podcast [10 part series , hosted by Grandmaster Caz]

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    Complete story of how UGK and Jay Z united for Big Pimpin'

    *excerpt about the song/video GO READ A BOOK, YOU ILLITERATE S.O.B.
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    I guarantee you, the backstory to NO MORE MUSIC BY THE SUCKERS

    cued "Don't Rhyme For The Sake of Riddlin'" by Russell Myrie *RECEIPT WBAU (Adelphi U.) Rap radio show hosts Chuckie Dee, Keith Shockley, Bill Stephney, and Doctor Dre @KingOFKings @LevelUp
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    'It Turned The World Upside Down' : How NYC's 1977 Blackout jump-started the Hip Hop era

    *book excerpt about the Blackout of 1977
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    The Come Up : An Oral History of the Rise of Hip Hop (book excerpt)

    *book excerpt about the Blackout of 1977
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    Breaks in the Air- The Birth of Rap Radio in New York City

    *free preview of the book (31 pages), it's also available in the last link in the tweet
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    Robb Report article about Hip Hop and luxury brands (Oct 2022)

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    Who has the better family tree? RED ALERT or MARLEY MARL?

    Kool DJ Red Alert Boogie Down Productions Jungle Brothers Chris Lighty De La Soul A Tribe Called Quest Monie Love (Native Tongues) DJ Mark the 45 King Queen Latifah The Flavor Unit Soul II Soul DJ MARLEY MARL Roxanne Shante MC Shan Biz Markie Big Daddy Kane Kool G Rap Craig G Master Ace...
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    1988 Village Voice feature about the spread of Hip Hop outside of New York (Nelson George)

    Nationwide: America Raps Back “New York rapped and America listened. Now America is rhyming back" Nationwide: America Raps Back January 19, 1988 Record Industry types used to ask me, “How long will this rap thing last?” They don’t any longer. Not when three different hip hop tours played to...
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    A salute to Lady B, Philly radio hip hop legend

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    for the culture-Graffiti documentary

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    DJ Kay Slay interviews hip hop pioneers "What's The Science?"/R.I.P. KAY

    episode 1 KOOL DJ RED ALERT (yeahhhhhhhhh)
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