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Hundreds, if not thousands, of hip-hop artists have sampled James Brown. Legendary DJ Afrika Bambaataa -- also known as the Godfather of Hip-Hop, Master of Records and founder of the Universal Zulu Nation -- actually worked with him.

Hip-Hop emerged from the ghettos of New York City in the early 70s. Tracing its roots in the African American and Latino culture of the city's impoverished neighborhoods, hip hop was a cultural fact that encompassed a whole range of stereotypes and role models mainly associated to the black civil rights.

The line up for Wireless 2009 sponsored by Barclaycard just keeps getting hotter as it's announced that London's very own Alesha Dixon and stateside superstar Kelly Rowland join Sunday's bill alongside headliner Kanye West.

Tatiana Nikolich cheered and grooved throughout much of this year's Movement festival, but the blistering set from electro music legend Afrika Bambaataa left her beaming and breathless.

Do you know why I like the Black Eyed Peas? Because Will. I AM, Taboo Apl.de.ap and Fergie do no care what Hip Hop purists and radio thinks about them? Yesterday, B.E.P. performed the electro flavored Boom Boom Pow on Ellen's show.

THE DING BAT SHOW Lina Lecaro For many, the big Coachella comedown of last week wasn't about rest but rather a hair-of-the-dog, headfirst dive back into L.A.'s club and music cesspools.

They've had several huge U.K. top-10 hits remixing Beyonce, Shakira and Kelly Rowland, but the Freemasons have never performed in the U.S. -- until this weekend.

People who attended the much-blogged-about Chicago Journalism Town Hall , as well as people who are interested in the history of DJing, will be interested to know that legendary DJ and producer William Stein, ...

Wide-ranging crew Fort Knox Five draw deeply from their home town, Andrew Drever reports.

"The blog your favorite blogger reads...." Thursday, February 05, 2009 " Beat This: A Hip-Hop History is a 'seminal' 1984 documentary film about hip hop culture, directed by Dick Fontaine.

Didn't score a ticket to GW's inaugural ball? Spend the evening with the Fort Knox Five and hip-hop legend Afrika Bambaataa.

On January 27 this year, the 20th anniversary album will be released. a Paula s Boutiquea was produced by the Dust Brothers and recorded in Los Angeles and New York.

Sirius XM has restored the Strobe and Backspin channels that did not originally survive consolidation after the merger of Sirius and XM.