THE BRONX, NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- This year marks the 50th anniversary of hip hop’s birth in the Bronx. To commemorate the occasion, 1010 WINS' parent company, Audacy, is launching a limited series called “Hip Hop Made.”
All year long we’ll be producing special episodes focused on the culture and the music that is hip hop, leading up to where it is today.
The series will feature prominent voices from throughout its short yet groundbreaking history. In our last episode, we spoke to one of the founding members of The Sugarhill Gang about the creation of the song that launched the genre into the spotlight.
This week, we continue to hear from some of the culture's earliest and biggest disrupters including Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, Ed Lover, and Grand Wizzard Theodore.
From the birth of the diss track to the use of vivid lyrics to convey the frequent frustrating struggle of the lower class, listen as we break down the key elements within the culture that finally made the music industry take notice.