DJ Kool Herc, of Jamaican background, is recognized as one of the earliest hip hop DJs and artists. Some credit him with officially originating hip hop music through his 1973 "Back to School Jam".
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Aug 14, 2023 · Hip hop was performed live and distributed on cassettes for several years before “Rapper's Delight”, almost exclusively in the Boogie Down Bronx ...
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Aug 15, 2019 · 1. Sugarhill Gang – Rapper's Delight (1979) ... The first (or actually the second … ) Hip Hop song that was released as a single. It became a huge ...
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