The Birthplace of Hip Hop — Attraction in New York

Hmmm..

So I used to go to school up the block at CES 229/CIS 230 as a kid and teenager. And one time we took a walk to this building and was told the history of where hip-hop and where it all started from. Allegedly, supposedly. I say that because some folks in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn say that it started there. However, this is the birth place as far as we're concerned.

It's cool to know this is where hip-hop all started from but that's where it stops. Sometimes there's tours but if you go there, you'll just see the building and that spot where the parties happened but you can't even go in there. You'll just see it behind the gate.

Also, the neighborhood sucks. Ghetto, dirty, nasty not much to really do but witness a ghetto wonderland. Actually, you could take a walk over the Highbridge into Manhattan, which is right near by. And the ONLY exclusively pedestrian bridge and the oldest bridge in NYC.

So unless you're a big hip-hop head, aficionado then this probably won't mean a lot to you. Otherwise, it can be of...

Dirty, filthy, historic building in da Bronx. On August 11, 1973, myself and fellow homeboy and 18-year-old Clive Campbell aka DJ Kool Herc spun the turntables at a back-to-school birthday party for his sister Cindy Campbell, held in the recreation center at 1520 Sedgwick. After spending months perfecting a new technique involving "playing the frantic grooves at the beginning or in the middle of the song" with two turntables, a mixer, and two copies of the same record, we unveiled the technique at his sister's party. After renting the recreation room for $25, Cindy charged 25 cents for females and fitty cents for males to attend. "I wrote out the invites on index cards, so all Herc had to do was show up. With the party set from 9 b.m. to 4 a.m., our mom served snacks and dad picked up the sodas and beer from a local beverage warehouse." With the exhibition of his new style, our friend Coke La Rock created rapping. We had fun that night and made...

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