T.Connection, Mar. 8, 1980
- Title:
- T.Connection, Mar. 8, 1980
- Collection:
- Hip Hop Party and Event Flyers
- Performer:
- Herculords (Early Hip Hop performers who began speaking ("rapping") in sync with the beats, and became known as MCs or emcees. The Herculords, made up of Herc, Coke La Rock, Clark Kent, Timmy Tim, LeBrew, and Imperial JC were the earliest to gain major fame.)
DJ Clark Kent (Early hip hop DJ; b. in Panama; grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn)
Jay Cee (Hip Hop Performer)
Kool Herc (Jamaican born Hip Hop DJ, active 1967 -)
Grandwizzard Theodore and the Fantastic Five (Pioneering Hip Hop group. Originally called "The L Brothers," later called "The Brothers Fantastic.")
Busy Bee Starski (Early Hip Hop emcee (aka Chiefrocker Starski), b. David Parker in South Bronx, NYC. )
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five was an influential American hip hop group formed in the South Bronx of New York City in 1978.)
Afrika Bambaataa (Hip Hop DJ from the South Bronx. Instrumental in the early development of hip hop.)
DJ Breakout (Early Hip Hop DJ. Member of the Funky Four Plus One.)
Funky Four Plus One (More) (Early Hip Hop group, Bronx, NY. Featured Sha-Rock, KK Rockwell, Rodney Cee, Raheim, Jazzy Jeff, DJ Breakout, DJ Baron. )
Spoonie Gee (Born Gabriel Jackson, Harlem, NYC. Early rap artist.)
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.)
Kool DJ AJ (Hip Hop DJ. Played with Busy Bee, Kurtis Blow et al.)
The Positive Force MC's (Old school hip-hop group from the Bronx; members: J-One, Barry D, J-Guy, Lil D)
- Promoter:
- Hercurock Production
- Date:
- 1980-03-08
- Coordinates:
- 40.8776131,-73.8657074
- Latitude:
- 40.8776131
- Longitude:
- -73.8657074
- Location:
- Gunhill -White Plains Roads
Bronx, New York, New York, United States (borough) - Country:
- United States
- Venue:
- T Connection
- ID Number:
- HHC8021_0136
- Collection Number:
- 8021
- File Name:
- HHC8021_0136.tif
- Occasion:
- Double Birthday Celebration for Grand Wizard Theodore & Master Rob
- Transcription:
- gals $3
guys $4 - 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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