Hip-hop’s 50th anniversary shines a light on its New York City birth

Hip-hop’s 50th anniversary shines a light on its New York City birth

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O Cindy Campbell, hoping to raise money to buy school clothes, hosted a “jam” in the rec room of 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, the apartment building where she and her family lived. Admission for girls was 25 cents. For “fellas” it was 50 cents. Her 18-year-old brother, Clive, better known as Kool Herc,…

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