Hip-Hop Legends DJ Jazzy Jeff, Doug E. Fresh and Charlie Mack Announce a Historic Concert In Honor of Hip-Hop's 50 Year Anniversary

Top Quote Hip-hop icons grammy winner, magnificent dj jazzy jeff & the greatest entertainer doug e. Fresh in collaboration with entertainment insider charlie mack announce a historic concert in honor of hip hop's fifty-year anniversary with 50 mcs from 1970s, 1980s & 1990s performing mix tape live one night only. End Quote
  • Atlantic City, NJ (1888PressRelease) April 18, 2023 - A historic concert titled, "Mixtape Live" with 50 MCs from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s will take place on June 17, 2023, at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic, New Jersey, at 7:00 pm. The announcement of the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop Mixtape Live with One DJ, One Host, One Night, One Stage, One Set, and 50 Legendary performers is being curated by the Magnificent DJ Jazzy Jeff, a Grammy Award winner; The Greatest Entertainer Doug E. Fresh, a hip-hop legend known as the Human Beatbox; and Charlie Mack, an insider in the entertainment industry and longtime promoter and manager.

    The trio, Jeff, Fresh, and Mack along with concert promoters NRT Partners and Platinum Productions will feature 50 of the greatest hip-hop pioneers performing live on one stage with legendary DJ Kool Red Alert spinning on the ones and twos. The Mixtape Live will showcase the likes of Sugar Hill Gang, Melly Mell & Scorpio of the Furious Five, Fearless Four, Roxanne Shante, Kurtis Blow, Cold Crush Brothers, Mc Shan, Stetsasonic, Craig G, Sweet-Tee, Treach, Da Youngstas, Joeski Love, PRT, CL Smooth, Peter Gunz, K-Solo, Buckshot, Positive K, Mr. Cheeks, Yo-Yo, Zhigge, Schoolly D, EPMD, Kwame, Tracey Lee, DJ Kool, Sam the Beast, J. J. Fad, Lady of Rage, Nine, TLA Rock, Nice & Smooth, RC Larock, Tuff Crew, Sequence, 95 South, Chubb Rock, Monie Love, Lords of the Underground, Milk Dee, Dres of Black Sheep, Large Professor, Blahzay Blahzay, Pebble Poo, Treacherous Three, Onyx, Masta Ace, Strafe, Crash Crew.

    Hip-hop’s influence has shaped numerous genres of music, culture, and society globally and to commemorate 50 years of its existence is noteworthy. Over the last five decades, hip-hop has evolved from a promising art to one of the biggest-selling formats in music and a leading force in worldwide culture. In honor of June being Black Music Month and to highlight Juneteenth, this hip-hop concert will reach historic heights and break the Guinness Book of World Records by having 50 artists performing live on one stage and one night only. Joining in the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop “Mixtape Live” and hosts of the June 17th concert are legendary female radio hosts, Lady B of 107.9 WRNB, Patty Jackson & Mimi Brown of WDAS 105.3. For tickets or more information on the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop Mixtape Live, visit www.ticketsmasters.com or www.ppshows.com.

    Hip-Hop History
    On August 11, 1973, in the rec room of an apartment building in the Bronx, a new musical form entered the world. The night in question was a back-to-school party, featuring a soundtrack of popular artists like James Brown, Aretha Franklin, and The Meters. The host of the bash, 18-year-old Clive Campbell, took to the DJ booth and queued up heavily percussive, dance-friendly portions of songs, known as breaks, on two turntables. With a copy of the same record on each turntable, Campbell — better known as DJ Kool Herc — was able to loop these high-energy breaks, through a technique called the merry-go-round. The merry-go-round was the basis for the genre we now know as hip-hop.

    Taking hold at block parties and among Black, Latino, and Caribbean American communities, hip-hop spread from the underground to the mainstream, thanks to one of the first hip-hop records, Sugarhill Gang’s Rapper’s Delight, released in 1979.

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