According to sources,
"1520 Sedgwick Avenue, a Bronx New York apartment building that has been recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop, is scheduled to sell next week, despite several attempts to save it as a historical landmark.,Hip-hop legend DJ Kool Herc has been one of the main supporters of the tenants of the building, and has actively helped oppose the building owner's plans to remove the building from an affordable housing program.During the 1970s, the DJ helped birth what was later referred to as "hip-hop," when he began spinning records at parties in the building's basement recreation room. Since then, the genre has become a worldwide phenomenon."
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