Grandmaster Flash was far more than a DJ; he was a revolutionary icon in hip-hop. His innovative techniques like scratching, back-spinning, and beat juggling turned the turntables into a musical ...

Traditionally the role of the DJ was to play records on the turntable, mixing in one track after the other. The emergence of a new music genre, hip hop, produced DJs who were significantly more ...

The doodle also gives the user a chance to become a DJ - with the use of interactive turntables. After the video explaining the birth of hip-hop is over, Fab 5 Freddy then goes through a tutorial ...

In his song "Where It's At" off of 1996's Odelay, Beck gives a nod to hip-hop culture when he croons, "I got two turntables and a microphone." Although most Tufts students are well acquainted with ...

These turntable maestros made songs into anthems ... With each scratch and fade, they engraved their names into Hip Hop's DNA ...

Hip-hop is celebrating its 50th birthday ... improvised and played snippets in a loop on two turntables to keep the music… ...

When Michelle Rasul had just learned to read and write, she was already spinning turntables, scratching hip-hop records, and making the beats drop. Four years later, at the age of nine ...