lol shut the hell up AP it was singlehandedly ALL fbas who had absolutely zero ties to africa or the caribbean!
We know the continent that would later become north America was here well before Christopher Columbus "discovered" it, yet, it's "credited" to him that he discovered it
Yes there were parties before Herc's but HIS is the only that is recognized as the birth of hip hop or rather the version we all know of today.
It's really not that hard to comprehend y'all
Now go give out some hard bottom church shoes to some lowly immigrant so you can make their year like a real American. Make America...