A hip-hop enthusiast from New York City had always heard that 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx is the birthplace of hip-hop. History Detectives investigates! Watch now.

The story goes that on August 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc, a building resident, was entertaining at his sister’s back-to-school party and tried something new on the turntable: he extended an instrumental beat (breaking or scratching) to let people dance longer and began MC’ing during the extended break. This, the contributor believes, marked the birth of hip-hop. The music led to an entire cultural movement that’s altered generational thinking — from politics and race to art and language. History Detectives host/investigator Tukufu Zuberi sets out to examine an inner-city environment that helped lay the foundation for a cultural revolution:

Exploring historical objects and the stories behind them, HISTORY DETECTIVES crisscrosses the country, delving into legends, folklore and personal histories to discover potentially extraordinary objects in everyday American homes, cities and small towns.