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Another dope and incredible event that happened in my hood. Where? Summer Stage Crotona Park this time it was the Father of Hip Hop himself, DJ Kool Herc. I met this man already two times before so to see him again made me very happy and I am forever grateful and honored to be apart of his presence and to be a witness of his skills on the turntables. But anyways, this event was Kool Herc on the turntables and lots of people of all kinds of different backgrounds and ethnicities coming together to dance and enjoy the music spun by Kool Herc. It’s always a joy to see so many people come together to dance and enjoy the occasion without any altercations and drama, that’s the beauty and power of hip hop. There were breakdancers and there were two steppers, there were booty shakers and there were the simple finger
snapping and head nodders just recording what was going on as well. After that, Kool Herc gives a brief but short speech about the social injustices towards our Black communities and people that’s currently going on in the world and gives his condolences in the same sentence and preaches about showing love too. After that, it was the screening of the documentary “Rubble Kings“, which by the way was an incredible documentary. “Rubble Kings” is a 2010 documentary about the gang life back in the 1970’s in the South Bronx that later led to the influence of other gangs in other boroughs all over New York. The history of how broken and abandoned the Bronx used to be and how these gangs formed and came together kept me glued to the screen, very fascinated and eager to learn about this. After the tragic death of one gang member comes with a peace treaty and BOOM, here comes hip hop, which put a huge smile on my face as I continued watching. The documentary ends on a positive note about how things were beginning to transition from one era to another. Things went from gangs with dirty clothes on, fighting and being socially and politicallyinvolved to the fresh b-boys around the way at the jams battling through dance and art. The documentary made me think about the state of hip hop today versus back then. So much unity and fun then, too much negative things being glorified today but that’s a whole ‘nother story. I walked back home at exactly 10 at night happy about another dope hip hop occasion. I left with so much inspiration knowing that being from the Bronx, there’s lots of history here but of course, people don’t care or understand.

BY JAY-DOGGZ