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DJ Kool Herc and the Birth of Hip Hop
In 1973 a Bronx DJ, known as Kool Herc, held a block party which would help change American music for ever. DJ Kool Herc tells Farhana Haider the story of that first all-nighter and what happened next.
Photo: DJ Kool Herc. Credit: Getty Images.
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