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TIL That popularity of hip hop is greatly attributed to the New York city blackout of 1977 where rioting and mass looting enabled young aspiring Dj’s access to equipment they couldn’t otherwise afford.

via reddit.com

riots are wealth redistribution

“Greatly attributed to” greatly understates how important those riots were. Hip hop straight up wouldn’t exist without it, and we should all know this part of our history.

“Before that blackout, you had maybe five legitimate crews of DJs,” Wiz said. “After the blackout, you had a DJ on every block. … [It] made a big spark in the hip-hop revolution.”