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Pricing
1955
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The father is born
known as DJ KOOL HERC
born in kingston Jamaica
1957
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American DJ from South Bronx New York
instrumental in early development of Hip Hop in 1980s
one of the three originators of break beat Deejaying
1959
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Park Commissioner began building an expressway through the heart of the Bronx
The middle class Italians, German, Irish and jewish neighbourhoods disappeared over night in addition businesses and factories relocated
They were replaced by poor black and Hispanic families
accompanying these people were crime and drug addiction aswell as unemployment
1960
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Dub was created by DJs during the 1960
Reggae records were manipulated and reshaped
usually removing the vocal line
emphasising the drum and bass part
Clive Campbell would copy this style using funk and solo records of the 1970s
1967
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migrated to the Bronx from Jamaica at the age of 12
1968
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The completion of apartments on the northern edge of the Bronx accelerated the middle class exodus
large vacancy rate made landlords sold properly to proffessional slum lords
as a consequence it deteriortated many vacant buildings
1968
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start of gang (savage seven)
as they grew they changed their name to the Black Spades
surge of street gang activity
would overwhelm the Bronx for the next six years
1970
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the cornerstone of inner city self expression
significant to Hip-Hop
used for gangs to mark territories and communicate
1973
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Leader of Black spades leaves to start a peaceful zulu nation and became a DJ
Block parties more popular aswell as clubs
gang members more involved in Hip-Hop at oarties
1973
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using popular funk and soul records people enjoyed dancing to he would stretch the instrumental break of the song by using two copies of the same record on two turntables, mixing between the two records to extend the break
1974
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breakdancing would derived from special dances to breaks in the records
created crews and challenging to dance battles
1975
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DJ grand wizard Theodore accidentally invents the scratch techniques
essential DJ technique
1975
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Hires Coke La Rock and Klark Kentto rhyme over his instrumental breaks
this was rap musics first emcee team
Kool Herc and the Herculoids is what they were called
1978
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Roland created the 808 drum machine
most used drum machine in history
1979
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Grand master flash forms, greatest MC crew of all time
1979
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1979
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first rap/hip hop single