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Grand Wizzard Theodore: From Accidental Discovery to Hip Hop Icon

Introducing the true OG of the hip hop game: Grand Wizzard Theodore! https://youtu.be/HkypzNiW4xk Accidental Discovery: How Scratching Transformed DJing and Hip Hop Hailing from the birthplace of hip hop in the Bronx, New York, Theodore is a legendary DJ and turntablist, widely credited as the inventor of the scratching technique. Back in 1975, while honing his skills in his bedroom, Theodore stumbled upon the ground-breaking technique of “scratching” […]

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DJ Kool Herc’s Enduring Influence on Hip Hop Culture

What's up peeps? It's your team at Itch FM, and today we're here to talk about one of the true legends of hip hop culture, DJ Kool Herc. Now, when we talk about the birth and evolution of hip hop, we can't forget about the contributions of DJ Kool Herc. He's the man who laid down the foundation for the whole movement, and without him, who knows where we'd be […]

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Women In Hip Hop: Respect to the Game Changers

Let's Highlight A Few Women In Hip-Hop Who Changed The Game With the world in turmoil and Women’s History month drawing to a close, it’s important that we take a moment to highlight some of the women in hip-hop. Hip-hop has always been considered a boys’ club, with the marginalisation of the contributions of female MCs. However, the role that female MCs play in hip-hop should not be forgotten. Over […]

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Chester P, Idris Elba, LL Cool J, Capone & Noreaga, V. Nova, Sean Falyon – Itch FM Weekly Wind-Up #41

Boombap special this week. Here's why... First of all Chester P returns to the Itch FM HQ to give an insightful interview and some serious lyrics in Scandouz and Tom Foolery Beats Friday night Connoisseurs Of Hip Hop show. Idris Elba gets so inspired by working on the Mandela film, that he creates an album with some talent from the U.K. LL Cool J is still nice with his rapping […]

October 17, 2014 5

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Ghostface Killah, Bishop Nehru, Boogz Boogetz, Cormega, Hasan Salaam, EPMD

In this weeks show, we bring you the past 7 days of banging hip hop videos and the latest news in a concentrated 3 and a half minutes. Great news for those of you that are a little impatient! Here's what we have in store for you this week... Ghostface Killah lets you know that he's working on "Supreme Clientele 2." And the way he's talking, it's going to be […]

October 10, 2014 2

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Does Redman Do West Coast Rap Better Than… West Coast Rappers?

Interesting question, right? Well, you can be the judge of that yourself when you listen to the latest joint by Reggie Noble aka Redman. Definitely reminiscent to the West Cast rap on the 90's, this DJ Quik produced track "Pacific To Atlantic", is taken from off of the veteran DJ's "Trauma" album. Check it out and enjoy! [wpsocialboost_video youtube='dv648QiNA_M'] [wpsocialboost_popup]

October 3, 2014 11

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Vince Staples, NehruvianDOOM, A-Game, Ruc Mr. QB, City Boy Dee, Jim Jones & Rowdy Rebel

This weeks Weekly Wind-Up is about to go up a couple of levels. Not only does it feature the NehruvianDOOM stream (<< go here to listen to it now!), but it also features some dope street hip hop artists. Artists from yesteryear and new underground artists on the come-up, all spitting that gritty-ish! Here's who's in this episode... Vince Staples does an interview with XclusivesZone.net. NehruvianDOOM has a release date. And it's dropping […]

October 3, 2014 3

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Cash Kings, Kendrick Lamar, 20Grand Pikaso, Pro Era, Ntan, BlabberMouf & Res One, Grafh

Another week has gone past and Hip Hop is still as sweet as it ever was. In this weeks "Shante's Bit", we show this clip of a motorcyclist that has a near fatal accident, but dodges it like he's Spiderman. Seriously, we're still trying to work out if it's a fake or not. But, the video has been doing the rounds. Check it out and see for yourself. But, before […]

September 26, 2014 4

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BBK, DJ Premier & Royce Da 59, Jeezy, Namebrand, Apollo Brown & Ras Kass, Boaz

Being a weekly hip hop news show, the Weekly Wind-Up will always feature the most talented artist that have come to our attention in the past 7 days. Most of the time the show features U.S artist, but today we not only feature a video clip from the U.K's Boy Better Know's trip to Jamaica, we feature our in-house talent. If you've been watching these episodes for a long time, you'll […]

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