Editing The Bronx (section)

=== Music ===
{{See also|Music of New York City}}
[[File:Dj_Kool_Herc-03.jpg|thumb|upright|[[DJ Kool Herc]] in 1999]]
The Bronx has had a long association with music. In the early 20th century, it was a center for the evolution of [[Latin jazz]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=LPC Designates Three Bronx Sites as Individual Landmarks |url=https://www.nyc.gov/site/lpc/about/pr2023/lpc-designates-three-bronx-sites-as-individual-landmarks.page |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=www.nyc.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Custodio |first=Jonathan |date=2023-05-31 |title=Bronx Opera House Where They Danced the Pachanga Could Become a Landmark |url=http://www.thecity.nyc/2023/05/31/bronx-opera-house-pachanga-landmark-mott-haven-broadway-landmarks-preservation-commission/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=THE CITY - NYC News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Slotnik |first=Daniel E. |date=2019-10-23 |title=Ray Santos, a Pillar of Latin Jazz, Is Dead at 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/arts/music/ray-santos-dead.html |access-date=2024-07-17 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The [[Bronx Opera]] was established in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History & Mission – The Bronx Opera |url=https://bronxopera.org/history-and-mission/ |access-date=2025-01-13 |language=en-US}}</ref>

In the 1970s, The Bronx was strongly associated with the development of [[hip hop music]]. One of the genre's pioneers, [[DJ Kool Herc]], held parties in the community room of an apartment building at 1520 [[Sedgwick Avenue]], where he experimented with [[Turntablism|turntablist]] techniques such as [[DJ mix|mixing]] and [[scratching]] of [[funk]] records, as well as [[rapping]] during extended instrumentals.<ref>David Gonzalez, [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/21/nyregion/21citywide.html "Will Gentrification Spoil the Birthplace of Hip-Hop?"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 21, 2007, retrieved on July 1, 2008</ref><ref>Jennifer Lee, [http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/tenants-might-buy-the-birthplace-of-hip-hop "Tenants Might Buy the Birthplace of Hip-Hop"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 15, 2008, retrieved on July 1, 2008</ref><ref name="PBS">Tukufu Zuberi ("detective"), "Birthplace of Hip Hop", ''[[History Detectives]]'', Season 6, Episode 11, New York City, found at [https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigations/611_hiphop.html PBS official website]. Accessed February 24, 2009.</ref> Other significant Bronx DJs from this period include [[Grandmaster Flash]] and [[Afrika Bambaataa]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}} In addition, The Bronx was important for drill culture by raising rappers such as [[Kay Flock]], [[Sha EK]] and many others.