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‘Rapper’s Delight’ 30 years old

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‘Rapper’s Delight’ hit the charts 30 years ago this week, transforming hip-hop from live street performance to a mainstream moneymaker.

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Paul Miller, disabled activist dies at 49

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Rapper’s Delight: 30 Years Later

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DJ Spooky: Civil Rights Unbound

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The Takeaway talks to Paul Miller, a.k.a. DJ Spooky, who mixed clips from the long history of the civil rights movement and created a digital media collage that was commissioned specifically for the NAACP’s centennial.

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