While partying at Club Tempo, MC Slick Rick took a minute talk about who inspired him to become an MC in this installment of Way Black When. http://media.kyte.tv/js/kyte.jsKyte.Embed.path=”http://media.kyte.tv”;Kyte.Embed.altpath=”http://www.kyte.tv”;window.kyteplayer=new Kyte.Player(“”,{appKey:”default”,width:416,height:436,p:”s”,s:1121162,tbid:”7″});
Singer Calvin Richardson talks about how singer Charlie Wilson inspired during this segment of Way Black When. http://media.kyte.tv/js/kyte.jsKyte.Embed.path=”http://media.kyte.tv”;Kyte.Embed.altpath=”http://www.kyte.tv”;window.kyteplayer=new Kyte.Player(“”,{appKey:”default”,width:416,height:436,p:”s”,s:1120778,tbid:”5″});
R&B singer talks about how Charlotte gospel singer John P. Kee inspired him to be a singer. http://media.kyte.tv/js/kyte.jsKyte.Embed.path=”http://media.kyte.tv”;Kyte.Embed.altpath=”http://www.kyte.tv”;window.kyteplayer=new Kyte.Player(“”,{appKey:”default”,width:416,height:436,p:”s”,s:1120773,tbid:”4″});
This is the legendary location where Kool Herc, the father of hip-hop, first got the party started when he DJ’d for his sister’s birthday in the building’s community room in 1973, according to legend. Eurweb has the story. click here to read more.
One of the most famous feuds in hip-hop just got more interesting. Lil’ Kim recently sat down for an interview with our friends over at AOL Black Voices and went in on her 90’s rival:
jam (origin unknown) – 1. to drive or wedge forcibly into a tight position. 2. to fill often to excess. 3. to make unintelligible by sending out interfering messages or signals. 4. to force one’s way into a restricted space. 5. to take part in a musical jam session.
VIA THE URBAN DAILY: Legendary R&B singer Gladys Knight had some harsh words for the genre of Hip-Hop in a recent interview. During an interview with BlackNews.com, Knight said that Hip-Hop had created opportunities for young artists, but the slammed the genre of music, claiming it had set back African-Americans as a race. “It’s been […]
