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On September 16, 1979, something magical happened. The Sugarhill Gang released “Rapper’s Delight”, and the musical landscape would never be the same. While hip-hop had been bubbling up from the streets of New York City, this was the moment it broke through the surface, splashing onto mainstream radio like an irresistible tidal wave. The genre’s…
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On August 11, 1973, amidst the scalding concrete and the pulsing heartbeat of the Bronx, history was quietly being made. 1520 Sedgwick Avenue might have seemed like any other address in the borough, but its rec room was about to witness the birth of a phenomenon: hip-hop. The modest community room was far from the…