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The 28 pages that link to The Bronx, each with the reason it gives.

• New York CityBroader topic: Its mainland geography distinguishes it from the city’s island boroughs.

• Hip-hopNarrower topic: The borough’s neighborhoods were the birthplace of hip-hop’s early party culture.

• BrooklynCompared with: Unlike Brooklyn, the Bronx lies on the mainland and joined the city through a different consolidation history.

• ManhattanCompared with: Unlike Manhattan, it is connected to the mainland and has a different geographic setting.

• DJ Kool HercNarrower topic: Herc’s parties took place in the borough where hip-hop culture began to coalesce.

• Hip-hop cultureBroader topic: Hip-hop culture emerged in Bronx communities during the 1970s.

• QueensCompared with: Unlike Queens, the Bronx lies mainly on the mainland and borders New York State.

• RappingRelated: Block parties in the Bronx helped establish rapping over DJ breaks.

• Hip-hop danceNarrower topic: The borough’s parties and community spaces shaped early breaking.

• Afrika BambaataaNarrower topic: Bambaataa’s parties and organizing developed within the Bronx’s early hip-hop scene.

• Staten IslandCompared with: Unlike Staten Island, it is the city's only borough located entirely on the mainland.

• Block partyBroader topic: The borough's 1970s parties became an influential model for music-centered gatherings.

• Howard CosellRelated: Cosell’s New York upbringing shaped the accent and blunt public voice associated with him.

• Jennifer LopezRelated: Her upbringing in the Bronx is a frequent point of reference in accounts of her identity and career.

• BreakdancingRelated: Breaking took shape in Bronx youth culture during hip-hop’s early development.

• Grandmaster Flash and the Furious FiveNarrower topic: The group formed and developed within the borough’s neighborhood party circuit.

• Rap musicRelated: The borough’s block parties and communities shaped rap’s early development.

• Bobby DarinRelated: Darin was born in the Bronx in 1936.

• Dutch SchultzRelated: Schultz grew up and built much of his power in the Bronx.

• Paddy ChayefskyRelated: Chayefsky grew up in the Bronx, and its working-class life informs the settings of Marty and other dramas.

• Rapper's DelightNarrower topic: The record adapted a party-rapping style developed in Bronx hip-hop.

• Penny MarshallRelated: Marshall was born and raised in the Bronx, which shaped her early life before Hollywood.

• Herman WoukRelated: Wouk grew up in the Bronx in a Russian Jewish immigrant family.

• Alan AldaRelated: Alda was born in the Bronx in 1936.

• Cuba Gooding Jr.Narrower topic: Gooding was born in the Bronx before his family moved to California.

• History of hip-hop danceNarrower topic: Its block parties and neighborhood networks formed the dance’s earliest setting.

• History of New York CityBroader topic: Its annexation shows how the city expanded beyond Manhattan.

• Tyson BeckfordRelated: Beckford was born in the Bronx and grew up partly in Jamaica.