boogie down

At a town hall meeting in Oaks, Pennsylvania, this past weekend, the former president, finally even himself grown weary of his words and language and audience questions and answers, opted to just crank out the tunes and, well, boogie down for 39 minutes to a playlist of his own choosing.

“I do find it ironic that one of the richest parts of American culture comes from a place that is still one of the poorest parts of our country,” said Majora Carter, an urban revitalization strategist and founder of The Boogie Down Grind, a cafe in the South Bronx that has images of old hip-hop party flyers from the 70s and 80s lining the walls and classic hip-hop jams playing over the speakers.

Yet the record that inspired them to create their own rap group called the Sequence — which would become the first female and Southern rap act to sign a label deal — did not come out of the hallowed Boogie Down Bronx of hip-hop originators DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash.

Yet the record that inspired the cheerleaders to create their own rap group called the Sequence, which would become the first female and first Southern rap act to sign a label deal, did not come out of the hallowed Boogie Down Bronx turf of hip-hop originators DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash.

Boogie Down Productions visionary KRS-One appeared on the cover of the Bronx crew’s second release, “By All Means Necessary,” referencing the iconic 1964 photo of Malcolm X peering out his window while holding an M1 carbine rifle.