1520 Sedgwick Ave in The Bronx, New York, the birthplace of Hip-Hop was saved today. The 100-unit apartment building was deemed eligible to be listed on national and state registers of historic sites and the Department of Housing Preservation and Development rejected the proposed sale of the building to developer Mark Karasick because current rents could not have been sustained.
I know this may not seem important to many right now, but it is. Hip-Hop, as controversial as it may be, is truly one of the greatest artistic and cultural accomplishments of African Americans and to be able to trace as well as preserve it's roots is invaluable.
Congrats Kool Herc!
PS...Look out for Kool Herc to drop by my show in the coming weeks!
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One of our guys over at Highbrid Nation did a nice post on DJ Kool Herc saving the "birthplace of hip hop". How sad would it be to have such a historic landmark destroyed? It's so important that people of the hip hop culture don't lose our roots.
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