Jun 29, 2015 · Funk legends Kool & the Gang share stories behind famous songs, including "Jungle Boogie," "Ladies' Night" and "Celebration."

Aug 11, 2023 · Fifty years on, the details of that historic night in the Bronx — the night everyone now says gave birth to hip-hop — still elude DJ Kool Herc, the man at its center that evening. “I ...

Oct 18, 2024 · Their last two albums had been duds, swallowed whole and spit out by the disco revolution that ostensibly should have held up the horn-driven New Jersey band as gods.

Oct 14, 2022 · DJ Kool Herc enlisted the help of his friend Coke La Rock, regarded as hip-hop’s first MC, as La Rock adapted toasting by shouting out the names of friends and encouraging …

Jan 8, 2022 · Kool & the Gang have lost two founding members in 15 months. But co-founder Robert "Kool" Bell remains eternally optimistic.

May 4, 2023 · In celebration of Kool & The Gang’s 60th anniversary next year, the iconic funk and soul group announced their new album People Just Wanna Have Fun on Wednesday. The …

Sep 10, 2020 · A 1982 live Kool & the Gang clip from a West German TV show shows how exuberant and electrifying the funk-pop band could be.

Oct 19, 2024 · Too too hot with a gang of new hits, “Joanna” to “Cherish” Kool and the Gang remained fresh in the best B-boy vernacular, y’all. Let it be known: this is a long-overdue …

Oct 19, 2024 · Thirty years after first being eligible for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, funk gods Kool & the Gang were finally inducted at a ceremony in Cleveland on Saturday night.

Nov 3, 2023 · LL Cool J honored DJ Kool Herc as “one of the great founders of hip-hop” when the pioneering musical visionary received the Musical Influence Award at the 2023 Rock and Roll …