{"id":181583,"date":"2023-04-27T10:38:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T08:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=181583"},"modified":"2023-04-24T19:44:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T17:44:38","slug":"krs-one-moves-into-1520-sedgwick-avenue-the-birthplace-of-hip-hop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/krs-one-moves-into-1520-sedgwick-avenue-the-birthplace-of-hip-hop\/","title":{"rendered":"KRS-One Moves Into 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, The Birthplace Of Hip-Hop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"181584\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/krs-one-moves-into-1520-sedgwick-avenue-the-birthplace-of-hip-hop\/krsone-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/krsone.webp?fit=960%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,540\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"krsone\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/krsone.webp?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-181584\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/krsone.webp?resize=540%2C304&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/krsone.webp?resize=540%2C304&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/krsone.webp?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/krsone.webp?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>KRS-One<\/strong> is moving to the birthplace of hip-hop to celebrate the culture\u2019s 50th anniversary this year.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release, the legendary hip-hop pioneer is launching <a href=\"https:\/\/birthplaceofhiphop.nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">birthplaceofhiphop.nyc<\/a>, a new initiative where the <strong>Boogie Down Productions<\/strong> member will lead a series of community-based programs where the genre was created at <strong>1520 Sedgwick Avenue<\/strong> in The Bronx, New York. This was the same building<strong> Kool Herc<\/strong> and his sister <strong>Cindy Campbell<\/strong> hosted the <strong>Back To<\/strong> <strong>School Jam<\/strong> on <strong>Aug. 11, 1973.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The programs include classes and pop-up exhibits celebrating hip-hop history and examining its current expressions. One of the classes will be a Masterclass in Hip-Hop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KRS-One is moving to the birthplace of hip-hop to celebrate the culture\u2019s 50th anniversary this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-LeL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}