On August 11, 1973, an 18-year-old, Jamaican-American DJ who went by the name of Kool Herc threw a back-to-school jam at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, New York.
During his set, he decided to do something different. Instead of playing the songs in full, he played only their instrumental sections, or “breaks” - sections where he noticed the crowd went wild.
During these “breaks” his friend Coke La Rock hyped up the crowd with a microphone. And with that, Hip Hop was born.
This radio station is a tribute to what Kool Herc did. Respect!
NOTE: All the songs that can be heard here were collected from the internet and are under the Creative Commons / Public Domain license.
During his set, he decided to do something different. Instead of playing the songs in full, he played only their instrumental sections, or “breaks” - sections where he noticed the crowd went wild.
During these “breaks” his friend Coke La Rock hyped up the crowd with a microphone. And with that, Hip Hop was born.
This radio station is a tribute to what Kool Herc did. Respect!
NOTE: All the songs that can be heard here were collected from the internet and are under the Creative Commons / Public Domain license.
