Hip Hop Snapshots - The Scratch- Grand Wizzard Theodore

Today’s snapshot drops the needle on the Bronx in the early ‘70s—where a teenage DJ accidentally made history. Grand Wizzard Theodore, the inventor of the scratch, didn’t just stumble onto a sound—he created a whole new instrument. With a turntable, a little curiosity, and his mom yelling at him to turn the music down, Theodore turned a mistake into a movement.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.