As Nas once famously said, “Hip-hop is the streets,” and the streets are at the heart of the culture DJ Kool Herc debuted the music that we now call hip-hop on Aug. 11, 1973 at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx. Throughout the decades, New York has served as the backbone that has kept the genre up, and the city’s talent like Brooklyn’s The Notorious B.I.G. or Queens’ Nas and Nicki Minaj has been the blood that keeps the genre alive and innovative. The essence of hip-hop lies in its continuous evolution and emerging talent. Here are…