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50 years of hip-hop: A genre born from a backyard party

DJ Kool Herc appears at The Source Awards held at the Paramount Theater at Madison Square Garden on April 25, 1994 in New York City.
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DJ Kool Herc appears at The Source Awards held at the Paramount Theater at Madison Square Garden on April 25, 1994 in New York City.

Fifty years ago this month, some teenagers threw a back-to-school party in the Bronx. Today that party is considered by many "the birth of hip-hop."

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Juana Summers
Juana Summers is a host of NPR's All Things Considered.
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