Speaking with Wallpaper*, Boyd reflects upon the inspiration ... It was bigger than just rap music, though. The time was right to tell the story of hip hop as a 50-year cultural movement.’ Throughout, ...

For hip-hop, this was expressed through the turntable manipulation pioneered by DJ Kool Herc in 1973, when he extended and looped breakbeats to energize crowds. House music’s innovators turned to the ...