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Which city is the birthplace of hip hop?

New York, Bronx

Background

Hip hop was born in 1973 in the Bronx in New York. A party thrown by DJ Kool Herc is seen as its starting point. He played two copies of the same record and looped the drum breaks. That became the foundation for rap music. Today hip hop is the most listened to genre in the world.

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