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From breakbeats to the dance floor: How hip-hop and house revolutionized music and culture
There was a time when artists representing two of America’s biggest homegrown musical genres wouldn’t get a look in at the ...
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From breakbeats to the dance floor: How hip-hop and house revolutionized music and culture
By the early 1980s, both genres had found their feet. Hip-hop emerged as a powerful voice for storytelling, resistance and identity. Building on the foundations laid down by DJ Kool Herc, artists ...