Hip Hop creators reflect on 50 years music and culture | 50 Years of Hip Hop

BRONX, New York (WABC) -- It was 50 years ago in an apartment building in the Bronx that hip hop was born.

That is where Clive Campbell, better known as DJ Kool Herc, mixed two copies of the same album into one seamless breakbeat.

What followed in the next five decades, few would have been able to predict. Hip hop went from a makeshift musical movement to a cultural phenomenon.

In this Eyewitness News special 'The Bronx and Beyond: 50 Years of Hip Hop,' we look at how hip hop is woven in every aspect of our lives, from television and fashion to advertising and politics, and how every step of the way, New York has been at the center of it all.

Watch the half-hour special airing on Eyewitness News at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, August 11, followed by a one-hour extended look on Channel 7 at 1 p.m. on Sunday, August 13. Both editions will be made available to stream on-demand at ABC7NY.com or our ABC7NY app on Roku, FireTV, Apple TV and Android TV.