Minnesota Museum of American Art

Comment now » // February 7th, 2008

Breath Control will screen on Saturday, May 24th at the Minnesota Museum of American Art as a part of one of their ART HERE events. Ill Chemistry is scheduled to perform prior to the event.

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Comment now » // January 31st, 2008

“Breath Control” is screening at the Museum on Sunday, April 27 at 3PM as a part of the event, “Hip-Hop Live + Reel.” The film will play along side Dave Chapelle’s Block Party among other notable selections. Director Joey Garfield will be in attendance doing a Q&A after the show!

Doug E. Fresh

Comment now » // January 15th, 2008

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Doug E. Fresh moved to the United States with his family when he was young.

He made his recording debut in 1983, as part of the Boo-Dah Bliss Crew (with Spoonie Gee and DJ Spivey) on the Top Flight Records single “Pass the Boo-Dah”. He gained greater recognition the following year—appearing in Beat Street, backing the Treacherous Three. Later that same year, Fresh released his first records as a solo artist: “Just Having Fun” and “Original Human Beatbox”. Read the rest of this entry »

Rahzel

Comment now » // January 15th, 2008

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Rahzel (full name Rahzel M. Brown) is probably best known in the semi-mainstream world as a member of The Roots, Rahzel is an MC that specializes in the “fifth element” of hip-hop culture — beatboxing (which comes after graffiti spraying, DJing, MCing, and breakdancing). He actively discourages classification of his sound, attempting to remain on the eclectic edge of the commercial music. Read the rest of this entry »

Bobbito

Comment now » // January 15th, 2008

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Robert “Bobbito” Garcia (born September 25, 1966 in New York City), also known as DJ Cucumberslice and formerly known as Bobbito The Barber, Make It Happen, Boogie Bob, Kool Bob Love, Soul Food Bob, and Bag of Tricks is a Puerto Rican DJ, writer, entrepreneur, streetball player, sneakerfreak, and member of the Rock Steady Crew. He graduated from Lower Merion High School and from Wesleyan University in 1988. Read the rest of this entry »

Kurtis Blow

Comment now » // January 15th, 2008

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Kurtis Blow was born Curtis Walker on August 9, 1959[1], in Harlem, New York [2]. He is known as one of the first commercially successful rappers and the first rapper to sign with a major record label. Kurtis Walker got his public start in 1976 as a break-dancer and a block party DJ known by the name of Kool DJ Kurt. That same year he enrolled at the City College of New York and became a program director for the college radio station [3]. Also in 1976, he joined a group called “The Force.” Russell Simmons was a lead member of that group. The Force sponsored parties around Harlem until 1977, when Simmons moved the group to Queens, New York [4]. After becoming an MC on his own, Kool DJ Kurt changed his name, with the persuasion of his manager Russell Simmons, to Kurtis Blow (as in body blow) [5]. Read the rest of this entry »

Kool Rock Ski

Comment now » // January 15th, 2008

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Buffy, the Human Beatbox, was a pioneer in beatboxing (using his mouth to portray the typical hip hop percussion “scratch ‘n mix” sounds). His distinctive talent was influential to the genre as well as a noticeable hook to get the Fat Boys noticed. Buffy and another contorary Doug E. Fresh popularized beatboxing, inspiring other artists to innovate, including Biz Markie and later, others such as Rahzel. Attempting to capitalize on the appearance-oriented name of the Fat Boys, another hip hop group dubbed themselves ‘The Skinny Boys’, and yet another ‘The Fat Girls’. Their popularity was mild in comparison, however. Read the rest of this entry »

Click The Supah Latin

Comment now » // January 15th, 2008

Click Tha Supah Latin is a Los Angeles-based rapper who got his start as an area deejay; from there, he branched out into production (Tha Mexakinz, Delinquent Habits) and developed his own skills as a bilingual M.C. Click self-produced his 1997 debut album, This Iz How I Know. Square Won followed four years later.

DJ Premier

Comment now » // January 15th, 2008

Christopher Edward Martin (born March 21, 1966), better known as DJ Premier (also Premo / Preemo / Primo / Preme / Preem) is a prominent American hip hop producer and DJ, and the instrumental half of the duo Gang Starr, together with MC Guru on the lyrical side. Originally from Houston, he has lived in Brooklyn, New York virtually his entire professional career. Many fans and hip hop purists consider him to be the greatest hip hop producer ever.

The Source magazine named DJ Premier one of the 5 greatest producers in hip-hop history, while editors from About.com ranked him as #1 in their “Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers” list.^[1]

Michael Franti

Comment now » // January 15th, 2008

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Michael Franti (born April 21, 1966, in Oakland, California) is an American poet, musician, and composer of African, American Indian, Italian, and German descent. Franti is the creator and driving force behind Michael Franti & Spearhead, a band that blends hip hop with a variety of other styles including funk, reggae, jazz, folk, and rock. He is also an outspoken supporter for a wide spectrum of peace and social justice issues.