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Journalist and Author Harvey Kubernik is not only reporting music industry news, he s making music industry news March 04, 2021 (PRLEAP.COM) Entertainment News This Saturday Night, March 6th, PBS-TV will broadcast a television special hosted by famed New York deejay and television personality Murray the K (Kaufman), called It s What s Happening, Baby, featuring performances by Martha & The Vandellas, Dionne Warwick, Herman s Hermits, Cannibal & The Headhunters, Marvin Gaye, Chuck Jackson, The Supremes, The Righteous Brothers, The Four Tops, The Miracles, and Ray Charles. During 1978 Harvey Kubernik co-produced and hosted 50/50, the landmark weekly television music and interview program from Theta Cable in Santa Monica, California broadcast on the milestone Z Channel in Los Angeles and Manhattan Cable in New York.Murray the K was a guest for a full episode. Cynthia Kirk, the music critic of Variety at the time, praised 50/50, and wrote on a par with Th
The Hip-Hop Project: A historical exploration into the relationship between Columbia University and the rap revolution
The Hip-Hop Project: A historical exploration into the relationship between Columbia University and the rap revolution Ovid Santoro / Screenshot By Nigel Telman | February 24, 2021, 1:45 AM
The Hip-Hop Project: A historical exploration into the relationship between Columbia University and the rap revolution
By Nigel Telman
Hip-hop: the story so far The story of hip-hop’s official “birth” has become the stuff of legends: On Aug. 11, 1973, the Bronx’s Jamaican-born Clive Campbell, better known as DJ Kool Herc, hosted a back-to-school party at 1520 Sedgewick Ave. Serving snacks and drinks catered by his parents, Herc spun funk and soul jams in a darkened rec room basement. What transpired that night has been widely cited as a pinnacle moment in the history of hip-hop.