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Happy Birthday Hip-Hop! Ben Ortiz aka DJ ha-MEEN, Reads Children's Book When The Beat Was Born

WSKG | By Dan Davis
Published August 11, 2023 at 11:01 AM EDT
Theodore Taylor III was given an award by the American Library Association for his artwork in When The Beat Was Born, a children's book about hip-hop's origins.
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Theodore Taylor III was given an award by the American Library Association for his artwork in When The Beat Was Born, a children's book about hip-hop's origins.

Ben Ortiz aka DJ ha-MEEN, Collection Specialist of the Cornell Hip Hop Collection, came in to read When The Beat Was Born by Laban Carrick Hill. A story all about one of the founding father's of Hip-Hop, DJ Kool Herc.
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