On August 11, 1973, DJ Cool Herc birthed the influential genre that the world has come to know as hip hop. From a basement party in the Bronx, New York, a culture shifting movement was created with a set of turntables and a mic. Today, we officially celebrate 50 years of the genre, that has […]

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