Bronx looks to capitalize on hip-hop heritage

NEW YORK - In the 1970s, DJs, dancers, graffiti artists and the first rappers came together in the burned-out buildings of the Bronx, giving birth to hip-hop.

Today, hip-hop is a multibillion-dollar industry and the Bronx is on the mend, but New York's northernmost borough is struggling to capitalize on its heritage.

Hip-hop began at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue on the two-tone linoleum floor of a ground-floor room in an anonymous brick house, under an impromptu neon light.