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UNBELIEVABLE: The south bronx - Caught on Camera

Sonny Boy by Al Pacino audiobook review – from the South Bronx to Hollywood

The actor warmly narrates this intimate account of his rise to stardom, from the traumas that shaped his childhood to the epiphany that would lead to his glittering career

The Guardian - UK

Scorched by history: Discriminatory past shapes heat waves in minority and low-income neighborhoods

Millions of Americans are facing major heat waves with temperatures consistently exceeding 90 degrees

The Independent UK

The South Bronx is a cross section of everything wrong with America

Its residents make up just 6.5% of the city’s population, and yet host two-thirds of the city’s waste sites, incinerators, and factories.

Fortune

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‘Thrilled to be back’: Trump swaps courtroom for Bronx in play for Hispanic and Black voters

The Republican presidential candidate held a rally in the South Bronx, one of the most diverse and impoverished neighbourhoods in New York

The Guardian - US

President Trump Rallies Hard-Working Patriots In The South Bronx

President Trump's speech in the South Bronx highlights the city's history, spirit, and call to action for a prosperous future.

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50 years of hip-hop: Its social and political power resonates far beyond its New York birthplace

Some historians say hip-hop culture all started at a party one hot August night in the South Bronx in 1973. DJ Kool Herc plugged his parents’ record gear into a street lamp and began creating what is known as breaks — longer instrumentals in records created by replaying the musical…

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Hip-hop at 50: 7 essential listens to celebrate rap's widespread influence

On the evening of Aug. 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc attended a block party in the South Bronx. Armed with two record players and a mixer, he created an extended percussive break while others rhymed over the beats. Hip-hop was born.

The Conversation

What the South Bronx taught me

I grew up amid decrepit buildings, poor health and worsening crime. There was hope in solidarity — and still is

Salon

British star Monie Love talks old-school hip-hop, radio career and wild times with Prince

PITTSBURGH — Monie Love grew up 3,500 miles from the center of hip-hop, but the message the South Bronx was putting out reached her as a 12-year-old kid in London.

Tribune News Service

The NYPD’s most decorated detective on surviving America’s deadliest precinct: ‘It would horrify you to see what a human can do to another human’

Ralph Friedman achieved legendary status in the NYPD during his 13 years working the tough streets of the South Bronx in the 1970s and ’80s. After writing a book and making a TV show, the 74-year-old tells Bevan Hurley that one burning ambition remains

The Independent UK

The NYPD’s most decorated detective on surviving the deadliest precinct in America: ‘It would horrify you to see what a human can do to another human’

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