DJ Kool Herc

It’s Beginning With a Jam: Bronxlyn Productions is Making a Splash on the NYC Underground Hip-Hop Scene

Eoin Higgins — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 16:29:17 +0000

From Erykah Badu to Afrika Bambaataa and Kool Herc, Bronxlyn Productions is delivering noteworthy events to NYC's hip-hop underground

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‘Birthplace of Hip Hop’ Saved: 1520 Sedgwick Ave. Receives Long-Awaited Assistance

Manny Faces — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:52:43 +0000

The residential apartment building often referred to as the 'Birthplace of Hip Hop," 1520 Sedgwick Ave. in The Bronx, has been officially taken over by a housing advocacy group that works to revitalize "working class" housing, paving the way for a recovery at the building that once was home to DJ Kool Herc's genre-spawning parties.

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Happy Birthday Hip Hop [August 11, 1973 – Present]

Birthplace Magazine — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:41:44 +0000

August 11 marks the day that many people point to as a genesis point in hip hop history, a day celebrated as the birth date of a culture centered around music but encompassing so much more, that rose from the streets of New York City and proceeded to change the landscape of music, business and culture in an unprecedented manner that continues to this day.

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Kool Herc, Founding Father of Hip Hop, Faces Medical, Financial Crisis

Birthplace Magazine — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:25:57 +0000

Founding father of hip hop DJ Kool Herc is ailing, and in financial need for medical procedures. Consider donating to his cause. Information in the post.

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Prophet-Z: Clapping On, Clapping Off From Toronto to Jamaica to Brooklyn

A.D. The General / Ms. FeFe NAN / NAB — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:20:43 +0000

Hip hop influenced reggae artist Prophet-Z resides in Brooklyn, NY and is hard at work creating a buzz for himself, traveling back and forth from Jamaica to Canada and back to NYC

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1520 Sedgwick Ave., “Birthplace of Hip-Hop” Honored by NY Art Committee

Birthplace Magazine — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:08:42 +0000

City Lore, a nonprofit that researches and documents the grass-roots culture of New York City life, recognizes "Birthplace of Hip-Hop"

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