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1973
The Birth of a Movement
While deejaying his sister's birthday party, DJ Kool Herc tried something unheard of at the time: He extended an instrumental break from James Brown's "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" and began rapping over it as the crowd proceeded to breakdance. This sows the seeds for what would eventually blossom into hip-hop culture.