On Aug. 11, 1973, the then 18-year-old DJ Kool Herc hosted a “back-to-school jam” in his parents’ rec room in the Bronx: a party now known as the birth of hip-hop. What many people don’t know about this famous night, according to music journalist and author Sowmya Krishnamurthy, is that this party was for Herc’s […]
