In episode 70 of Half True History, MC Dan P tells Jam Master P and DJ Crush Crespo about the birth of hip hop music, starting with DJs rapping over disco beats in the 1970s and growing into an art form viable enough for white artists to co-opt and make mainstream. Cheers!
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