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DJ Kool Herc and the Birth of Hip Hop

22/09/2015 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, DJ Kool Herc and the Birth of Hip Hop

In the autumn of 1973 a Bronx DJ held a ground-breaking party.

In the autumn of 1973 a Bronx DJ, known as Kool Herc, held a block party which would help change American music for ever.

In 1973 a Bronx DJ, known as Kool Herc, held a block party which would help change American music for ever.  DJ Kool Herc tells Farhana Haider the story of that first all-nighter and what happened next.

Photo: DJ Kool Herc. Credit: Getty Images.

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