Starting with folks like DJ Kool Herc, DJ Hollywood, and Grandmaster Flash, the grassroots movement created a new culture of music, art, and dance available to the 5 boroughs of the city and beyond. A kid with little means and hard work could transform their turntable into a powerful instrument of expression (also illustrating hip hop’s technical innovation). The Bronx DJ’s and MC’s rose to the task and the city loved them for it. The youth needed an outlet - a unifying sound, a beat, a voice to call their own. Following the fallout from the construction of the Cross Bronx Expressway in 1972 that demolished a lot of the neighborhood, times were particularly tough. It all started in the NYC Bronx, more commonly known as the Boogie Down Bronx. “Yes, yes y'all! And it don't stop!” Today we acknowledge and celebrate a cultural revolution that's spanned 44 years and counting. To dig deeper into the significance of this moment and culture from a personal perspective, we invited the project’s executive consultant and partner, YouTube’s Global Head of Music Lyor Cohen (and former head of Def Jam Records), to share his thoughts: What’s more, the whole experience is narrated by Hip Hop icon Fab 5 Freddy, former host of “Yo! MTV Raps.” Today, we celebrate the 44th anniversary of that very moment with a first-of-its-kind Doodle featuring a custom logo graphic by famed graffiti artist Cey Adams, interactive turntables on which users can mix samples from legendary tracks, and a serving of Hip Hop history - with an emphasis on its founding pioneers. During these “breaks” his friend Coke La Rock hyped up the crowd with a microphone. Instead of playing the songs in full, he played only their instrumental sections, or “breaks” - sections where he noticed the crowd went wild. During his set, he decided to do something different. So bend to your trouble and meet your care,įor the clouds must break, and the sky grow fair.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. Some of us whimper that life’s all wrong.īut somehow we live and our sky grows bright,Īnd everything seems to work out all right. It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.īecause it rains when we wish it wouldn’t,īecause men do what they often shouldn’t,īut somehow, in spite of the care and doubt,īecause we must work when we’d like to playīut somehow, as day always follows the night,īecause we must trudge in the dust awhile,
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit When he might have captured the victor’s cup Īnd he learned too late when the night came down, When we might have won had we stuck it out.ĭon’t give up though the pace seems slow… When the funds are low but the debts are high,Īnd you want to smile but you have to sigh, When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, Poetry Friday round-up is hosted by Michelle at Today’s Little Ditty! These poems are for the dark days, the dreary, no-good days, the tiring and trying days, the never-gonna-get-anything-done days, and the would-rather-curl-in-bed days. Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC)ĭo you have days when you feel like quitting? Do you know someone who needs a pick-me-up? For today’s Poetry Friday, let Edgar Guest inspire you with two of his poems.Literary Voyage Around The World Reading Challenge 2018.#WomenReadWomen2019 (A Year Of Women Reading Women) Reading Progress.#ReadIntl2020 (Year Of International Literature) Reading Progress.#DecolonizeBookshelves2022 Reading Progress.#DecolonizeReading2023 Reading Progress.
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