Category : Performance

Russell Simmons‘ career has taken him from the streets of Queens to the heights of the music business and beyond. Starting out as a fledgling...

Rick Rubin, in full Frederick Jay Rubin, (born March 10, 1963, Long Island, New York, U.S.), an American record producer whose light touch and keen...

Soul Train, the iconic music and dance television show, holds a significant place in the history of American entertainment. Launched in 1971 by creator and...

LL Cool J, original name James Todd Smith, (born January 14, 1968, Bay Shore, Long Island, New York, U.S.), American rapper and actor, a leading...

Like any style of music, hip hop has roots in other forms, and its evolution was shaped by many different artists, but there’s a case...

Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons managed several pioneer hip-hop acts, including Run-D.M.C., through their Rush Management agency, and in 1984 they set up their own...

Rap, musical style in which rhythmic and/or rhyming speech is chanted (“rapped”) to musical accompaniment. This backing music, which can include digital sampling (music and...

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, an American group that was instrumental in the development of hip-hop music. The members were Grandmaster Flash (original name...

Launched in 1979 by industry veterans Sylvia and Joe Robinson as a label for rap music (at that time a new genre), Sugar Hill Records,...

Run-DMC, also spelled Run-D.M.C., an American rap group that brought hip-hop into the musical and cultural mainstream, introducing what became known as “new-school” rap. The...