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How did hip hop come about

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it came out on new York's streets.
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"In the 1970s, an underground urban movement known as "Hip Hop" began to develop in the South Bronx in New York City. It focused on emceeing (or MCing), breakbeats, and house parties. ... Jamaican-born DJ Clive "Kool Herc" Campbell was highly influential in the pioneering stage of hip hop music."
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