In 1980, the Sugar Hill Gang brought hip hop to the mainstream with “Rappers Delight.” But as the founding generation gets older, they decided that they needed to enshrine that history — and tell it to future generations.
Thus the idea for The Universal Hip Hop Museum was born.
Host Peter O’Dowd speaks with the museum’s president, former DJ Rocky Bucano.
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