Wednesday, October 14, 2009

30 Years Ago Today: The birth of hip-hop in NYC


Rapper's Delight, by the Sugarhill Gang, the first hit rap song entered the US Billboard charts in October of 1979.

Here, photographer and paramedic Joe Conzo - who took pictures of the early hip-hop scene in the Bronx - takes us on a tour of the New York borough, recalling the early days and explaining how the area has changed.

See the video here...

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  1. somebody's gotta comment on something eventually right? Might as well be me...

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