Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) on Sunday presented the congressional resolution officially declaring the Bronx and 1520 Sedgwick Ave. the birthplace of hip hop. The ...

Hip-hop legend KRS-One headlined a block party on Sedgewick Avenue in the Bronx to mark the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. The birthplace of hip-hop was a rec room at 1520 Sedgewick Ave., ...

1520 Sedgwick Avenue is the Bronx housing project where DJ Kool Herc held the first “back to school” jam on August 11, 1973. The Bronx building is widely regarded as the unofficial birthplace ...