May 28, 2023
When Is Hip-Hop’s 50th Anniversary?
[ad_1] This year marks the 50th anniversary of hip-hop and XXL has celebrated the culture with a variety of content across publishing and digital platforms.What is hip-hop and how did it begin?Fundamentally, hip-hop started in a rec room at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, N.Y. on Aug. 11, 1973. DJ Kool Herc, born Clive Campbell, and his sister, Cindy Campbell were throwing a back to school party to raise some pocket money.Herc was famous playing long DJ sets where he would isolate the percussive sections of popular funk and R&B records that are considered a "breakbeat" in the song. While people danced to rhythm breaks from James Brown, Herc would grab...