'50 Years of Hip-Hop' exhibit focuses on culture surrounding music — its energy and its sneakers

It's actually next year that hip-hop will recognize its 50th anniversary. It was on Aug. 11, 1973, that DJ Kool Herc hosted a back-to-school jam in the Bronx to help his little sister raise money for school clothes, and set it off.

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