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The Birth of Hip Hop: How DJ Kool Herc Used Turntables to Change the Musical World (1973)
We all reach an age when the music of our youth becomes “the oldies.” When it comes to music as dynamic, innovative, and far-reaching as hip-hop, that age can feel surprisingly young. Or so it seemed to me, a child of the 90s, when the 21st century dawned. Now, separated from the artists I grew […]
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