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The origin story of hip-hop - one that involves Kool Herc DJing a house party on Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx - has become received wisdom. But Joseph C. Ewoodzie Jr. argues that the full story remains to be told. In vibrant prose, he combines never-before-used archival material with searching questions about the symbolic boundaries that have divided our understanding of the music.

Hip-hop --- Rap (Music) --- Hip-hop culture --- Hiphop --- African American arts --- Popular culture --- Hip-hop music --- Rap songs --- Rappin' (Music) --- Rapping (Music) --- African Americans --- Monologues with music --- Popular music --- Trip hop (Music) --- History. --- History and criticism. --- Bronx (New York, N.Y.) --- Borough of Bronx (New York, N.Y.) --- Bronx (Borough) --- The Bronx (New York, N.Y.) --- Bronx County (N.Y.) --- Social life and customs