Today in Hip Hop History: Hip-Hop Celebrates Its Birth In The South Bronx 50 Years Ago!
[ad_1] On this day 50 years ago (August 11, 1973), Kool Herc threw his legendary back-to-school basement party, which would go on to create the foundation for Hip-Hop music through the “breakbeat” DJ technique he used to keep the party rocking. Many aspiring emcees at the time paired ‘the break’ with the rhymes flowing through their minds, jumpstarting a sound and movement now considered the most popular genre in music; Hip Hop. Many are familiar with the story of the 1520 Sedgewick Avenue Recreation Center and how Jamaican-born Herc...