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Jun 3, 2023 · On August 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc, born Clive Campbell, threw the famous “back to school jam” block party on 1520 Sedgwick Ave. The Jamaican-American DJ was instrumental in the creation of...
Sep 15, 2020 · As our weeklong debate continues over the songs and artists that have helped define New York rap, we’ve highlighted 15 of the most important crews and collectives whose (often brief)...
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Aug 11, 2023 · NYC celebrates 50 years of hip-hop, a Bronx-born phenomenon that took over the world. Grandmaster Flash, Ice-T, Salt-N-Pepa and Joey Bada$$ look back on five decades of the world-dominating genre...
Clive Campbell (born April 16, 1955), better known by his stage name DJ Kool Herc, is a Jamaican American DJ who is credited with being one of the founders of hip hop music in the Bronx, New York City, in 1973.
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Feb 21, 2020 · With Hip-Hop still being in its early days at this point, there was plenty of room for these New York artists to flex their creative muscles. People began to make Hip-Hop music using their mouths: making drum sounds, clap sounds, and scratching sounds.
East Coast hip hop is occasionally referred to as New York rap due to its origins and development at block parties thrown in New York City during the 1970s. According to AllMusic, "At the dawn of the hip-hop era, all rap was East Coast rap."
Aug 3, 2023 · As you examine the breadth of NYC hip-hop, you’ll find artists with a deep and complex relationship with the city. Biz Markie, for example, was born in one area of the city, raised in another, and claimed membership to a crew for a whole other borough.
