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Date:2025-04-15 02:51:11
NEW YORK -- The 50th anniversary of hip-hop has been celebrated in grand style throughout the year, with once-in-a-lifetime concerts and commemorations.
This week, CBS New York is happy to be part of that celebration with our special presentation, "Hip-Hop At 50: Born in the Bronx." It's a music conversation with the icons who blazed the trail, and a look at what lies ahead.
We start in the place where it all began with a visit to a small, non-descript party room in the Bronx, where DJ Cool Herc extended music beats with his two turntables to up the dance party ante -- and hip-hop was born.
Watch: CBS New York's Maurice DuBois reflects on 50 years of hip-hop
- Related Story: CBS New York gets sneak peek inside The Hip Hop Museum, set to open late in 2024
To commemorate, we spoke with two artists who were there at the very beginning: MC Sha-Rock, the first female rapper, and Grandmaster Caz, who wrote some of the rhymes – but was not credited or paid – for the iconic "Rappers Delight." The legendary Darryl McDaniels, DMC from Run DMC, also joins the conversation.
There's more conversation and music from two super groups that blazed the hip-hop trail: Sugar Hill Gang and Run DMC.
Watch: Who is the best hip-hop artist of all time? CBS New York weighs in
- Read More: Sugarhill Gang on "Rapper's Delight" and birth of hip-hop | Run-DMC's Darryl McDaniels on Queens roots
We also look to the future of hip-hop with a tour of the under construction Hip Hop Museum and speak to up-and-coming New York City hip-hop artist Jay Critch.
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- Hip Hop
- The Bronx
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Maurice DuBois co-anchors CBS2 News at 5 and 11. He joined CBS in September 2004.
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