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DJ Kool Herc
DJ Kool Herc didn’t invent hip hop—he built its first working engine, and named the people who rode it.
Sampling
Building new records out of old ones, and the law that followed.
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Grandmaster Flash
Grandmaster Flash didn’t make records—he made rhythm machines out of turntables.
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Hip-hop
Hip-hop began not with rhymes, but with two copies of the same record—and the decision to keep the break going.
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En Vogue
A factory-made girl group that sold harmony as heritage—and changed who got to define it.