anthony: how does the joke begin? three men in a bar? but it s not a bar. imagine the bronx a corner bodega, or maybe a luncheonette, a diner, three men, strictly by coincidence, find themselves in the same place at the same time. sitting at the counter is afrika bambaataa. across the room is melle mel. door opens, and who walks in? dj kool herc. three men who created the musical style that s become the soundtrack to, well, the whole wide world. do they all nod at each other? lament how all of them got screwed over, cut out of the big money? or just laugh at the absurdity of it all? hip-hop it came from nowhere else. it could have come from nowhere else but the bronx. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la anthony: this is the br
and that was the beginning of hip-hop music. it started in the bronx. anthony: moodies records. inside rummaging for records just like he used to do is the man, the legend, one of the very select few who started it all. who created the sound that hundreds of millions of people now claim as their own. google who created hip-hop? go ahead. you get dj kool herc. anthony: it s a national landmark now, isn t it? sedgwick? kool herc: no, it s not. we re working on it. anthony: working on it. kool herc: we re working on it. anthony: matter of time. kool herc: it s still the birthplace of hip-hop, undisputed, because i didn t start it with four guys in a club. i started it inside a residential building. at the time it wasn t really received in the building. we had a watchful eye over the recreation room, so she was watching for any disturbance. it never happened. and that s how it survived because good music sells itself. good drugs sells itself. anthony: yeah. kool herc: g
music on his two-disc turntable, he began to slow the music down, slow the record. people stood up and took notice and then began asking him to do it again. he did it again. they asked him to do it again, and again. he did it again. he attracted more and more people to his performances and people began to imitate him. and that is the beginning of hip-hop music. it started in the bronx. anthony: moodies records. inside rummaging for records just like he used to do is the man, the legend, one of the very select few who started it all. who created the sound that hundreds of millions of people now claim as their own. google who created hip-hop? go ahead. you get dj kool herc. anthony: it s a national landmark now, isn t it? sedgwick? kool herc: no, it s not. we re working on it. anthony: working on it. kool herc: we re working on it. anthony: matter of time. kool herc: it s still the
herself in the basement of 1520 sedgwick avenue. as kool herc was playing the music on his two-disc turntable, he began to slow the music down, slow the record. people stood up and took notice and then began asking him to do it again. he did it again. they asked him to do it again, and again. he did it again. he attracted more and more people to his performances and people began to imitate him. and that is the beginning of hip-hop music. it started in the bronx. anthony: moodies records. inside rummaging for records just like he used to do is the man, the legend, one of the very select few who started it all. who created the sound that hundreds of millions of people now claim as their own. google who created hip-hop? go ahead. you get dj kool herc. anthony: it s a national landmark now, isn t it?
he began to slow the music down, slow the record. people stood up and took notice and then began asking him to do it again. he did it again. they asked him to do it again, and again. he did it again. he attracted more and more people to his performances and people began to imitate him. and that is the beginning of hip-hop music. it started in the bronx. anthony: moodies records. inside rummaging for records just like he used to do is the man, the legend, one of the very select few who started it all. who created the sound that hundreds of millions of people now claim as their own. google who created hip-hop? go ahead. you get dj kool herc. anthony: it s a national landmark now, isn t it? sedgwick? kool herc: no, it s not. we re working on it. anthony: working on it. kool herc: we re working on it. anthony: matter of time. kool herc: it s still the birthplace of hip-hop, undisputed, because i didn t