Evolution Festival brings 25,000 to Forest Park for Black Keys, Brandi Carlile and more
Even with interference from Mother Nature, the two-day Evolution Festival drew 25,000 people, organizers said.
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Even with interference from Mother Nature, the two-day Evolution Festival drew 25,000 people, organizers said.
As hip-hop turns 50 years old, Sugarhill Gang is on the bill Aug. 26 for the inaugural Evolution Festival in Forest Park.
By 1984, hip-hop was in full force, but still in its infancy as far as narratives in cinema. Evolutionary movements in music have always moved more rapidly on the streets, where cultural gatekeeping erodes much faster than in either the film or music industries. Hip-hop’s origin story — DJ Kool Herc’s 1973 Bronx dance party […]
Voice, verse and vernacular: Hip hop in India is booming and defined by these three cornerstones.
The Sugarhill Gang, American rap group best known for its hit single “Rapper’s Delight,” which was the first rap song to achieve mainstream success on the pop charts. The group’s original members were Wonder Mike (byname of Michael Anthony Wright; b. April 30, 1957, Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.),