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Happy Birthday To Hip Hop Pioneer DJ Kool Herc!

April 16, 2018

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On this day in 1955, DJ Kool Herc was born Clive Campbell in Kingston, Jamaica. He moved to the Bronx when he was 12 years old and took on the name "Kool Herc" when he became a member of the graffiti crew the "... Read Article

Today’s Google Doodle Celebrates The Birth of Hip-Hop

Milca P.

August 11, 2017

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Today's Google Doodle celebrates an essential nugget of Hip-Hop history. The backstory of August 11, 1973 is that it marks the day the legendary DJ Kool Herc invented the concept of the "break" during a back... Read Article

Today in Hip Hop History: A Kool Herc Party Pops Off in The Bronx 43 Years Ago

Kiah Fields

August 11, 2016

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The events of this day in 1973 can be considered the beginning of the Hip Hop history timeline. What was intended to be a end of Summer party at 1520 Sedgwick Ave in New York City ending up being ground zero f... Read Article

Museum Of The City Of New York Presents Hip Hop Revolution: Photographs

nisha

April 9, 2015

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Check out this dope collection of photographs at the MCNY spanning from the 70's to the 90's ... Read Article

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Happy Birthday To Hip Hop Pioneer DJ Kool Herc!

Today’s Google Doodle Celebrates The Birth of Hip-Hop

Today in Hip Hop History: A Kool Herc Party Pops Off in The Bronx 43 Years Ago

Museum Of The City Of New York Presents Hip Hop Revolution: Photographs