Congress Recognizes That Hip Hop Started in the Bronx
Chuck Schumer, the senate majority leader and New York representative Jamaal Bowman represented the congressional resolution that officially declared the Bronx and 1520 Sedgwick avenue as the birthplace of hip hop. Ruben Diaz Jr, the president of Bronx Borough, rap pioneer KRS-One and other politicians were on location at the 102 apartment Morris Heights building. The building is where hip hop pioneers DJ Kool Herc, real name Clive Campbell, first […]