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Hip-hop at 50: 7 essential listens to celebrate rap's widespread influence

  • Written by Nick Lehr, Arts + Culture Editor
imageHip-hop culture spread quickly – to places like London, seen here in 1984.Kerstin Rodgers/Redferns

On the evening of Aug. 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc attended a block party in the South Bronx. Armed with two record players and a mixer, he created an extended percussive break while others rhymed over the beats. Hip-hop was born.

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