When Did Hip Hop REALLY Begin? – Salute The DJ

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January 20 is considered National DJ Day in the United States, and HOT 97 wanted to celebrate with a group of legends mixed with the current generation of DJ’s together to share their stories and beginnings of hip hop.

DJ Enuff, DJ Kid Capri, DJ Clark Kent, DJ Chuck Chillout & DJ Wallah sit down for episode one as they pay homage to the beginnings of the genre. Is DJ Kool Herc’s “Back to School Jam” August 11, 1973 at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx the true beginning of hip hop?