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How Run-DMC’s Darryl McDaniels Brought Rock to Rap and Hip-Hop to MTV | Video

The Wrap 02 Feb 2024
“Me being a kid that was influenced by ’70s rock radio here in New York City, I just came along saying, ‘You know what? I love “When the Levee Breaks” by Led Zeppelin,’ but nobody’s making rock raps.”.
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Old-School Fans Celebrate Hip-Hop’s 50th

The Philadelphia Tribune 21 Aug 2023
Old-school or new? I saw the birth of hip-hop as a kid growing up in the Bronx ... I saw Cold Crush Brothers and Afrika Bambaataa ... It’s amazing to see how hip-hop has become a global force, but when I was a kid, it was just about having fun in the park.
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Queen Latifah, Chuck D and more rap legends on 'Rapper's Delight' and their early hip-hop influences

Niagara Gazette 13 Aug 2023
CHUCK D ... I lipsync ... But the biggest record in her world as a kid was Afrika Bambaattaa and the Soul Sonic Force’s 1982 song “ Planet Rock. ” ... E-40 ... DJ KID CAPRI. DJ Kid Capri, arguably one of hip-hop’s most famous DJs in the ‘90s, grew up on soul music ... .
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Hip-hop greats weigh in on the music and its impact over the past 50 years

Hastings Tribune 10 Aug 2023
Kanye West (2005) ... Wyclef Jean (2000) ... (1990) ... I'm talking 14-year-old kids in Moscow who know who (rap pioneer) Afrika Bambaataa is and asked us about him. You ask a young Black kid here today who Afrika Bambaataa is, and they think it's a country." ... .
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Queen Latifah, Chuck D and more rap legends on ‘Rapper’s Delight’ and their early hip-hop influences

The Grio 07 Aug 2023
But the biggest record in her world as a kid was Afrika Bambaattaa and the Soul Sonic Force’s 1982 song “ Planet Rock ... “I turned around and said, ‘Teach me that, show me.’ And after that, it’s been me and hip-hop since that point.” DJ Kid Capri.
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Queen Latifah, Chuck D and more rap legends on 'Rapper's Delight' and early hip-hop influences

Pittsburgh Tribune Review 07 Aug 2023
But the biggest record in her world as a kid was Afrika Bambaattaa and the Soul Sonic Force’s 1982 song “Planet Rock.” ... DJ Kid Capri. DJ Kid Capri, arguably one of hip-hop’s most ...
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As if heatwave, load shedding were not enough, Gauteng residents now face water restrictions

Independent online (SA) 05 Oct 2022
We see when we have extremely hot temperatures like these, young kids might be tempted to go and swim in those areas. In the process, we may have drowning incidents,” spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi said, speaking to broadcaster Newzroom Afrika.
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Adrian Flanagan Details Debut Album As Acid Klaus

The Quietus 06 Jul 2022
"During the first lockdown, when I was (unbeknownst) writing the music for this album, I was listening to a lot of old East Coast hip-hop and electro records that I loved as a kid like Afrika ...
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