Hip-hop at 50: It gave a 'voice to the voiceless'
It鈥檚 a big year for hip-hop as the genre celebrates its creation half a century ago. The first moment the music made a mark is when Jamaican-born DJ, Kool Herc, mixed two records using two turntables and a microphone at a house party in New York鈥檚 West Bronx in 1973.
And as part of the 50th anniversary, a tribute concert is being broadcast this Sunday to celebrate the music鈥檚 history and cultural impact.
One of the concert鈥檚 producers and performers, is Ahmir 鈥淨uestlove鈥� Thompson, the co-founder of one of the leading Hip-hop groups of` all time, 鈥淭he Roots.鈥� He looks back over the years with Newsday and explains what this anniversary means to him.
(Photo: Questlove. Credit: Daniel Dorsa )
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