Hip-hop is born in the Bronx

DJ Kool Herc's back-to-school party launches a culture that will conquer the world.

Resources

Documentary clips on the 1973 Bronx party that launched hip-hop.

Connections to other moments, systems, and investigations — the links rarely drawn together.

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"Rapper's Delight"
Six years after the Bronx block parties, hip-hop reached vinyl and the charts.

Six years after the Bronx block parties, hip-hop reached vinyl and the charts.