The Mizell Brothers, Freddie Perren, Michael Jackson, and Englewood's Hidden Place in Music History
When people think about the origins of hip hop, they often think of the Bronx, Harlem, Queens, or the studios of Sugar Hill Records in Englewood, New Jersey. Few realize that…
The Ku Klux Klan became a significant force in New Jersey during the 1920s, demonstrating that white supremacist and nativist movements were not confined to the American South. The second Ku Klux Klan, which emerged nationally after 1915, found fertile ground in New Jersey's…
Real Live was a New Jersey hip-hop duo consisting of rapper Larry-O (Larry Wright) and producer/DJ K-Def (Kevin Hansford). Hailing from New Jersey, the cousins began collaborating in the late 1980s after meeting at a house party where K-Def was DJing. Impressed by Larry-O's…
