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A Hip-Hop Museum May Be Coming To The Bronx
A Hip-Hop Museum May Be Coming To The Bronx
It looks like there are plans coming together to bring a hip-hop museum to the Bronx. The plan was announced at a news conference in front of City Hall on Wednesday (March 12).  Hip-Hop pioneers and their supporters are pushing to open a hip-hop museum inside the Kingsbridge Armory and call it the Universal Hip Hop Museum. The Museum would b...
The Ten Most Important Songs Of Hip-Hop’s First Decade
The Ten Most Important Songs Of Hip-Hop’s First Decade
On August 11, 2013, hip-hop music celebrated the 40th anniversary of the day Kool Herc dragged his turntables and records to a Bronx recreation area and spun discs in an entirely different way than most had ever heard. In addition, when his homeboy Coke La Rock started talking trash into a microphone left on the table, the beautiful dynamic between DJ and MC blossomed to the beat. Alt...