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#7: The Birthplace of Hip-Hop, 1520 Sedgwick Avenue - And The Rest is History | Pop Culture | HipHop

The Freaktography Vault · Aug 12, 2024 · published to YouTube

August 11th, 1973 is the universally known date of the creation of Hip Hop music and culture, and 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in The Bronx is its Birthplace. 1520 Sedgwick Avenue is a 102-unit apartment building in the Morris Heights neighbourhood of the Bronx in New York City. Described in The New York Times as a long-time "haven for working class families", it has been historically accepted as the birthplace of hip hop. As hip hop grew throughout the Bronx, 1520 was a starting point where Clive Campbell, later known as DJ Kool Herc, presided over parties in the community room at a pivotal point in the genre's history. DJ Kool Herc is credited with helping to start hip-hop and rap music at a house concert at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue on August 11, 1973. At the concert, he was a DJ and MC in the recreation room of 1520 Sedgwick Avenue. Sources have noted that while 1520 Sedgwick Avenue was

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