You are reading

Hip-Hop celebration comes to 5 Pointz Sunday

Aug. 9, 2013 Staff Report

A celebration marking the 40th Anniversary of Hip-Hop is scheduled to take place at 5 Pointz on Sunday.

DJ Kool Herc, who arguably pioneered Hip-Hop, will perform “Back to the Roots”.

The story goes that 40 years ago Clive Campbell (aka DJ Kool Herc) created Hip-Hop after he brought two turntables and a microphone to a birthday party for his sister, Cindy, when the family lived in the Bronx.

According to legend, Campbell, a Jamaican immigrant, started manipulating the rhythmic sections of songs on vinyl records to extend the musical beats while urging people to dance.

The blueprint for Hip-Hop (scratching, breaking and rapping) was born.

Details: Back to the Roots, 5Pointz, 45-46 Davis St., LIC, Aug. 11, 5 pm, free.

email the author: news@queenspost.com

Featured Events

Post an Event

View All Events…

One Comment

Click for Comments 

Leave a Comment
Reply to this Comment

All comments are subject to moderation before being posted.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Recent News
Hall of Famer Lou Carnesecca, legendary St. John’s basketball coach, dies at 99

The St. John’s University community will gather to mourn legendary basketball coach Lou Carnesecca on the Hillcrest campus he loved with all of his heart Friday morning for his Funeral Mass at St. Thomas More Church, where he will be remembered not just for building a dynamic program, but for the way he did it. The beloved coach died peacefully surrounded by family and friends on Saturday, Nov. 30, at age 99 and just five weeks shy of his 100th birthday.

“Throughout his long life, Coach Carnesecca represented St. John’s with savvy, humility, smarts, tenacity, wit, integrity and grace,” SJU President Rev. Brian Shanley said. “He was the public face of our University, and he embodied the values of our Catholic and Vincentian mission. We thank God for his legacy.”

Read More
0
Load More Articles