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    As hip-hop turns 50, it demands respect as a vehicle for protest

    Aug 18, 2023 3 minutes

    On 11 August 1973, Clive Campbell (popularly known as Kool Herc), an 18-year-old DJ, hosted a party at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx. Unbeknown to the men and women dancing the night away, they were witnessing the birth of a socioeconomic and political miracle, which came to be known as hip-hop.

    If you consume rap music in a fleeting manner then you may find the point above easy to scoff at. Indeed, you may consider

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