How Hip-Hop Was Born at a Bronx House Party in 1973

Описание: August 11, 1973, at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, 18-year-old Jamaican immigrant Clive Campbell (DJ Kool Herc) changed music history. His sister Cindy rented their building's rec room for $25 to earn money for school clothes, charging 25 cents for girls and 50 cents for boys. Herc pioneered the "Merry-Go-Round" technique—using two turntables and two copies of the same record to extend the drum "breaks" from 6 seconds to 6 minutes. This breakbeat technique became the foundation of hip-hop. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Herc brought sound system culture and "toasting" (talking over beats) to the Bronx. He called dancers during breaks "break-boys and break-girls" (b-boys/b-girls), while friend Coke La Rock rhymed over beats—early rapping. Hip-hop emerged from predominantly Black and Latino Bronx youth—African-American, Afro-Caribbean, and Puerto Rican communities creating culture with limited resources. Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa saw Herc perform and developed the movement further. Today, hip-hop is a $20+ billion industry. Congress designated August 11 as Hip Hop Celebration Day. The rec room at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. This is the documented story of how one immigrant's innovation at a back-to-school party created the most influential cultural movement of the last 50 years.

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