R.O.A.D. Podcast – ROB SWIFT (Part 1): The Origin Of Hip Hop

On this week’s episode of the @RoadPodcast, the fellas welcome hip hop DJ, turntablist and original member of the turntablist group The X-Ecutioners, Rob Swift (@brolicarm) with guest co-host @DJGoldfingerNYC. Rob discusses the inspiration behind his latest book ‘The City of Hip-Hop: New York City, The Bronx, and a Peace Meeting’ (02:28) and poses the question “what race started hip hop?” (23:20). He discusses the connection between reparations and hip hop (34:01) and the chain reaction that led up to hip hop forming in the Bronx (58:01). Finally, Rob speaks on how ethnicity solely doesn’t make you a part of hip hop (1:27:01).

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