Our second episode continues our Sister Series; we get down with Cindy Campbell, best known for throwing the first ever Hip Hop party. In 1973, Campbell wrangled her older brother, Kool Herc, into showing off his DJ skills on their father's stereo equipment in the local rec room.  We talk about the elements of a good party, and how, at age fourteen, Campbell put them all into effect.  Campbell went on to help manage Herc's career and continues to stay involved in the hip hop game to this day. This episode does ont come to play: we talk about the movie Beat Street, The Source magazine, Harry Belafonte, touch on the pros and cons of "entrepreneurship," scrape the surface of how neo-liberal economics affected NYC in the 70's, and revel in the creative capacity of young people.
Plus: Some slight improvements to our audio, and the very obvious reality that we need a theme song !

Cindy Campbell interviewed by Davey D. June 2014.
Recorded at Hip-Hop Association (H2A) and New York University Center for Multicultural Education and Programs Womanhood Passage Fundraiser.

The Real Story Behind The Party that Birthed Hip Hop. Rock the Bells,

"40 years on from the party where hip hop was born." BBC Online. October 2014. 

"Cindy Campbell is Fresh, Bold, and So Def." Hip Hop Education Center.

"DJ Kool Herc & Sister Cindy “The First Lady Of Hip-Hop” Look To Open Hip-Hop Museum In Jamaica." Hip Hop Wired. February 2020.

Chilling Out on Rap Flash. Time Magazine. March, 1983. 

The Cross Bronx Expressway and The Ruination of the Bronx. Real Archeology Blog, Vassar College. November, 2019.