On this day, we honor the birthday of a true pioneer—Coke La Rock, widely recognized as the first emcee in Hip Hop history. “Now way back in the days when hip-hop began With Coke La Rock, Kool Herc, ...
On this day in 1968, Brooklyn native Richard Simpson—better known to the Hip-Hop world as Chubb Rock—was born. The Ivy League dropout turned golden-era lyricist made a name for himself in the late ...