If you are looking to buy a record store somewhere in LA, I suggest you get this one. “I wasn’t earning enough money to support my family, so I decided to get some extra income by putting my record collection up for sale,” Gershenz tells NPR’s Scott Simon. “I opened the store, built some shelves […]

The Guardian is reporting that Sylvia Robinson, known to many (especially you older readers) as the mother of hip hop, has passed away at the age of 75.  She was a recognized artist in her own right, and yet that was totally overshadowed by putting together the Sugarhill Gang. That’s right, without her, the world […]