From 1520 Sedgwick Ave. in the Bronx to Harlem's Rucker Park, these are some of the most important hip-hop spaces across the Big Apple.
Harlem's Holcombe Rucker Park, more affectionately known as The Rucker, is heart and soul of New York City basketball.
Every summer, a world-famous tournament takes place at Rucker Park in Harlem, where the best basketball prospects and street ballers compete for playground primacy. Its magnetic aura has not only attracted professional ballers, but major hip hop names as well. Much credit of this merger is due to Harlem native Greg Marius, a former hip-hop artist, who enlivened the space with the introduction of the Entertainers Basketball Classic in 1982.
As rap's popularity soared in the 1990s, sponsorships from record labels began to flow into EBC, leading to Rucker Park basketball teams for the likes of Def Jam, Bad Boy Records, Roc-A-Fella, and more.
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