NEW YORK — Mr. Magic, whose panache and persistence in bringing once-reviled rap to mainstream radio in the 1980s helped pave the way for the breakout of hip-hop culture, died on Friday in Brooklyn.

DJ Mr. Magic, one of hip hop’s biggest springboards to commercial radio, died Friday of a heart attack. Born John Rivas, he launched and hosted the first all-rap radio show in the U.S., “Rap Attack.” ...

One of hip-hop's true pioneers, John "Mr. Magic" Rivas, died this morning (October 2) of a heart attack. Along with hosting "Rap Attack" with Marley Marl on New York radio station WBLS, Mr. Magic was ...

Legendary hip hop radio DJ Mr. Magic, who has been credited with broadening hip hop’s reach in its burgeoning years, died last week from a heart attack at age 53. The radio jock influenced scores of ...

During the most of the 1970s and early 1980s, when the late radio personality Frankie Crocker would conclude his late afternoon/early evening shift on New York City powerhouse FM outlet WBLS, he would ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Frankie Crocker built the legacy that WBLS will be celebrating with DJ Cassidy and Chuck Chillout in honor of the station's 50th ...

In 1983, Frankie Crocker (left) met with Michael Jackson at the Black Radio Exclusive Convention in Los Angeles. Jeffrey Mayer When legendary WBLS DJ Frankie Crocker broke McFadden & Whitehead’s ...