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New York City residents, including various D.J.’s and well-known journalist Geraldo Rivera, comment on the July 13, 1977 city-wide blackout that they experienced. Wilton Sekzer, a member of the New York Police Department during the chaos, describes how difficult it was for officers to get the citizens under control as widespread looting and arson broke out. D.J.’s describe the event and explain how the looting of music stores attributed to the growing hip hop culture within the city. The way one M.C., known as KRS-One, explained it, upstanding citizens that were well-known in the community were “reduced to looters, thieves and rioters.” The changes in the political arena are also described by the mayor at the time, Abraham Beame, who was criticized for the events and soon voted out of office.

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Changes Brought on By the Blackout appeared first on Witnify.

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Ne-Yo discusses the fact that growing up surrounded by women helped him write songs for female artists like Beyonce.

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T'yanna Wallace, the daughter of the late and great Notorious BIG, returns to her father's Brooklyn stomping grounds and explains in an interview how it feels when people recognize her as the daughter of the legendary rapper. Notorious BIG's real name was Christopher Wallace. He was raised in Brooklyn and made his way up the ladder of fame with hit songs like 'Juicy' in the nineties.

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