There’s a war going on at 2022 Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo that nobody’s safe from. They can run but they can’t hide forever. The fact that Grogu is The Child they took has them walking with their heads down scared to look. They’re shook. The Mandalorian and Boba Fett ain’t no half-ways crooks, and they’re always around when the beef cooks. In this part of C2E2, it’s similar to Vietnam. Mando and Boba are grown up and old, beyond the Empires control. They have their Beskar ready. Trying to bag Grogu’s kidnapper and get rocksteady. With the Darksabar and rockets they’ll touch you, and leave you with not much to go home with. Their armor’s thick. | THIS ENT
[By Mr. Joe Walker | Photo by Gerald “G-Ride” King | Dedicated to Mobb Deep – Havok and Prodigy (RIP)]
On August 11, 1973, Clive Campbell aka DJ Kool Herc hosted a “Back to School Jam” for his sister Cindy at 1520 Sedgwick Ave in Bronx, New York.
The intent was to simultaneously raise money for school clothes while bringing people together for a night of love, peace, unity and having fun in a racially, socially, and financially tumultuous environment.
Utilizing the dual turntables set-up used by disco DJs, Herc ingeniously isolated the record breaks on two identical vinyl sets by James Brown and other funk artists. His groundbreaking “Merry-Go-Round” technique allowed those party goers to dance continuously to loops.
Their musicality to these rhythms would become known as “breaking”, with these dancers dubbed B-boys and B-girls. Eventually spoken word would accompany these breakbeats, a style recognized by the term “rapping”.
DJ Kool Herc’s generous intentions on August 11, 1973, would not only change his life and the lives of his family, friends, and community, he would generationally change the lives of millions around the world forever. On that day, Herc gave birth to the culture of Hip Hop.
Throughout 2023 we will proudly celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop!
