Local battle rappers prepare for main event

... mix of break dancing, graffiti and music, were all born out of the block-party scene in the urban tenements across New York boroughs like Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx in the late '70s and '80s. At that time, the DJ, who sonically manipulated ...

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