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The Party Where Hip-Hop Was Created

Learn about the origins of Hip-Hop.

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The Party Where Hip-Hop Was Created

Learn about the origins of Hip-Hop.

Intermediate
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On August 11, 1973, Clive Campbell, who went by the name DJ Kool Herc, his sister, and Herc's friend Coke La Rock hosted a back-to-school party in Bronx, New York. It was at that student party that Hip-Hop was born.

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