WCS Exclusive: An Interview with Author Jonathan Abrams

One of my greatest honors as a writer is speaking with other writers. Such is the case with the interview subject I am talking with this evening – In this interview, I had the pleasure and privilege of chopping it up Mr. Jonathan Abrams. Abrams is an award-winning writer for The New York Times who […]

Jonathan Abrams Releases “The Come Up: An Oral History Of The Rise Of Hip-Hop” With Ice Cube, DMC, Kurtis Blow, Ice-T, Sir Jinx, Ant Banks, Colin Wolfe, Grandmaster Caz, Bud’da, Fredwreck + More

With his new book, THE COME UP: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop, New York Times staff writer and bestselling author Jonathan Abrams offers the definitive account of hip-hop’s ascendancy. In more than 300 interviews conducted over three years, Abrams worked tirelessly to capture the stories of the DJs, MCs, promoters, executives, producers, and artists who witnessed and forged the history of hip-hop. THE COME UP features the voices […]

New York Times Best-Selling Author Jonathan Abrams Preps “The Come Up: An Oral History Of the Rise Of Hip-Hop”

2023 will mark 50 years since the birth of hip-hop. Many historians and industry pioneers date the beginnings of this ground-breaking music and culture to the summer of 1973, when DJ Kool Herc rolled his massive sound system and record collection out onto Sedgwick Avenue in the South Bronx for a street party fueled by the sounds—and especially the breakbeats—of funk and disco. What Herc and […]