Today, 50 years ago Kool Herc and his homies, Coco, Cindy C, Klark K, and Timmy T, threw a party in the rec room at 1520 Sedgwick Ave in the Bronx, New York. An entrepreneurial endeavor, the cover charge was .25 cents for ladies and .50 cents for guys. DJ Kool Herc emceed the party and DJ’d, while party goers dressed in their finest hip hop trends of the time, break danced and tagged up the place.
Every element of hip hop was on full display and this moment has been pinpointed as the official start of this wonderful culture, that has provided significant meaning to so many people’s lives, we call Hip Hop.
Nikki Mack, Editor In Chief
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