“Now what you hear is not a test/I’m rapping to the beat…” If you can complete not just this sentence, but the verse before and the rest of the song, then you know the seminal hip-hop classic “Rapper’s Delight,” perhaps the most addictive sing-along song ever recorded. Big Bank Hank, Master Gee and Wonder Mike […]

LL Cool J’s DJ Cut Creator has been by his side for over two decades. The two met as teenagers in Queens when the hip-hop scene was first blowing up in the late 70’s. While LL, or James Todd Smith, has gone on to a career in films and TV, Cut Creator, born Jay Philpot, […]