Hip-hop Was Born In The Bronx In the summer of 1973. To celebrate the music’s 50th anniversary, “Rolling Stone” will be publishing a series of features, historical pieces, op-eds, and lists throughout this year.
Fifty years on, the details of that historic night in the Bronx — the night everyone now says gave birth to hip-hop — still elude DJ Kool Herc, the man at its center that evening. “I remember the equipment, the turntables,” he says in an accent that still retains traces of his upbringing in Jamaica. “We weren’t a band.
Fifty years on, the details of that historic night in the Bronx — the night everyone now says gave birth to hip-hop — still elude DJ Kool Herc, the man at its center that evening. “I remember the equipment, the turntables,” he says in an accent that still retains traces of his upbringing in Jamaica. “We weren’t a band.
- 8/11/2023
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Journalist Jonathan Abrams spent the last four years compiling an enlightening, entertaining, and deeply researched history of hip-hop. Abrams traces the music’s humble beginning in the Bronx and DIY block parties to some of the most popular music in the world today. In this exclusive excerpt from “The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop,” Abrams tells how the infamous 1977 New York City blackout helped electrify a sound and cultural force.
Lemonade From Lemons
Bronx, New York, 1973–1979
Clive Campbell migrated as a child with his family...
Lemonade From Lemons
Bronx, New York, 1973–1979
Clive Campbell migrated as a child with his family...
- 10/14/2022
- by Jonathan Abrams
- Rollingstone.com
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