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Big Things - Celebrating the Birth of Hip Hop

  • The Ferret 55 Fylde Road Preston, England, PR1 2XQ United Kingdom (map)
Big Things - Celebrating the Birth of Hip HopWeds 11th Aug | 7pm - 11pmSix Deejays take us on a flying journey through the History of Hip Hop - celebrating the Birth of Hip Hop: 11th August 1973.On 11th August 1973, an 18-year-old Jamaican-American DJ who went by the name of Kool Herc threw a back-to-school jam at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, New York. During his set, he decided that i nstead of playing the songs in full, he would play only their instrumental breaks - sections where he noticed the crowd went wild. During these breaks his friend Coke La Rock hyped up the crowd over a microphone. And with that, Hip Hop was born.DJs: Simba | Camel City | Freshmatic | Sundholm | Rodge Adultery (aka Dawb-Z)Wednesday Evening | 11th August 2021 | 7pm - 11pmFree entry!-----BIG THINGSPreston’s number 1 hiphop boogaloo, Big Things deliver slow groovers, hype groovers, jazz, soul & hiphop groovers… all groove, all the time. Expect the finest hiphop, classic rap, funk & soul originals, 90s g-funk & those all-important party jams. Music Genres: Electro Hip Hop, Funk, Hip Hop, Rap, Soul

Big Things - Celebrating the Birth of Hip Hop

Weds 11th Aug | 7pm - 11pm

Six Deejays take us on a flying journey through the History of Hip Hop - celebrating the Birth of Hip Hop: 11th August 1973.

On 11th August 1973, an 18-year-old Jamaican-American DJ who went by the name of Kool Herc threw a back-to-school jam at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, New York. During his set, he decided that i nstead of playing the songs in full, he would play only their instrumental breaks - sections where he noticed the crowd went wild. During these breaks his friend Coke La Rock hyped up the crowd over a microphone. And with that, Hip Hop was born.

DJs: Simba | Camel City | Freshmatic | Sundholm | Rodge Adultery (aka Dawb-Z)

Wednesday Evening | 11th August 2021 | 7pm - 11pm

Free entry!

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BIG THINGS

Preston’s number 1 hiphop boogaloo, Big Things deliver slow groovers, hype groovers, jazz, soul & hiphop groovers… all groove, all the time. Expect the finest hiphop, classic rap, funk & soul originals, 90s g-funk & those all-important party jams.

Music Genres: 

Electro Hip Hop, Funk, Hip Hop, Rap, Soul

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