CBC is offering a lineup of special programming this August on CBC Music and CBC Radio to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop music. Harmony takes listeners on a journey back to the very beginnings of Hip Hop at a party at 1520 Sedgwick Ave. in the Bronx, to the creation of an entire new subgenre where Hip Hop and R&B collide. 1 Chuck D, shouting out his longtime friend Errol Nazareth, and then Errol takes it from there, highlighting Hip Hop from all over the world. A new story airs nationwide each night on THE BLOCK on CBC Music until August 11. Manifesto’s 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop edition features events that span African diaspora superstars and some of Canada’s finest homegrown world class talents.
