Early Hip-Hop at the Library of Congress
Posted by: Heather Darnell
August 2023 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Hip-Hop, said to have begun in 1973 at a little South-Bronx party hosted by DJ Kool Herc. But years before Herc introduced New York to the breakbeat, African-American music and spoken-word traditions had been brewing in the great social unrest of the 60s and 70s to create a …
Posted in: African American History, Composers, Copyright Deposits, Musicians, Sheet Music
