THE BEGINNING Northern Soul was a musical, fashion, and dance movement that began in Northern England around 1968 and lasted until the mid-to-late 1970s. Although short-lived, it set the stage for many of Britain’s musical movements in the coming decades and inspired a generation of Northern English kids.   The movement emerged from the 1960s […]

A short look into the alienation of Black people from the very genre they created:   “The night Jimi died I dreamed this was the latest step in a plot being designed to eliminate Blacks from rock music so that it may be recorded in history as a creation of whites. Future generations, my dream […]

Hip-Hop’s Origins Hip-Hop originated in New York City in the 1970s, where DJ’s would scratch records to create a looped rhythm, and MCs would then rap over the beat. It started out as “party rap” that originated from the block parties thrown on the streets of NYC. Despite the East Coast being the birthplace of […]