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DJ Kool Herc’s Fabled Hip-Hop House Party Was 50 Years Ago Today

todayAugust 13, 2023

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On this day in 1973, a young lady named Cindy Campbell held a back-to-school birthday party in the rec room of 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, an apartment building in the Morris Heights neighborhood of the South Bronx. The entertainment for the evening was Cindy’s 18-year-old big brother Clive, who went by the name DJ Kool Herc.

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Written by: Tom Breihan

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