Renaissance Ballroom, June 28, 1979
- Title:
- Renaissance Ballroom, June 28, 1979
- Collection:
- Hip Hop Party and Event Flyers
- Performer:
- Grandmaster Flash (Joseph Saddler (born in Bridgetown, Barbados), is an American hip hop musician and DJ—one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing. Member of Furious Five. Inducted to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
Kool DJ AJ (Hip Hop DJ. Played with Busy Bee, Kurtis Blow et al.)
Disco Bee (Early Hip Hop Performer)
Busy Bee Starski (Early Hip Hop emcee (aka Chiefrocker Starski), b. David Parker in South Bronx, NYC.)
Lovebug Starski (Pioneering Hip Hop MC, Bronx, NY.)
Melle Mel (Born Melvin Glover, May 15, 1961, also known as Grandmaster Melle Mel, is an American hip-hop musician — one of the pioneers of old school hip hop as lead rapper and main songwriter for Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five)
Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde (Early 1980's hip hop group consisting of Andre "Dr. Jeckyll" Harrell and Alonso "Mr. Hyde" Brown.First performed under name Harlem World Crew.)
Grandwizzard Theodore (Hip Hop DJ, invented scratching)
Eddie Cheba (American Hip Hop artist and pioneering MC)
Kool Herc (Jamaican born Hip Hop DJ, active 1967 -)
DJ Kool McGuire
Donald Dee
Mercedes Ladies (All female hip-hop DJ crew from the Bronx; founded around 1976; active through early 1980s; the sister group to Grandwizard Theodore and the L Brothers; members: Baby D (D'Bora), Sherri-Sher, RD Smiley, Zina-Zee, DJ LaSpank, Eve-a-Def; later members: Sweet P and Sty-Sty.)
- Graphic Designer:
- Straightman Flyer
- Date:
- 1979-06-28
- Coordinates:
- 40.816820,-73.941765
- Latitude:
- 40.816820
- Longitude:
- -73.941765
- Location:
- 150 W. 138 St.
Bronx, New York, New York, United States (borough) - Country:
- United States
- Venue:
- Renaissance Ballroom
- ID Number:
- HHC8021_0064
- Collection Number:
- 8021
- File Name:
- HHC8021_0064.tif
- Occasion:
- A Summer Patty Duke Special
- Transcription:
- $3
- Work Type:
- fliers (printed matter)
- Subject:
- Hip-hop--United States
Popular culture--United States
Rap (Music)
Disc jockeys - Cite As:
- Johan Kugelberg hip hop collection, #8021. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Collecting Program:
- Cornell University Hip Hop Collection
- Archival Collection:
- Johan Kugelberg hip hop collection
- Format:
- Image
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