Eric Charry News Today

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Zenji Boi is one of the most influential Hip-Hop figures on this semiautonomous island of Tanzania off the southeastern coast of Africa.

50 years since the beginning, hip-hop has evolved, grown and influenced nearly every aspect of modern U.S. culture.

On Aug. 11, 1973, a block party in the Bronx spawned a genre that would go on to influence nearly all aspects of US culture – and the music, fashion and art of countries around the world.

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