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How a Puerto Rican-Jewish gang leader helped create hip-hop in the Bronx

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Benjamin Melendez was the leader of a multicultural gang called the Ghetto Brothers. Melendez brokered a truce among 50 gangs that led to safer streets and the birth of hip-hop. Julian Voloj published a graphic novel about Melendez in 2015. Now he has co-written and co-produced a five-part podcast about the gang that debuted on Audible last month.

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How a Puerto Rican-Jewish gang leader helped create hip-hop in the Bronx

New 5-part podcast 'Can You Dig It' explores the story of 'Yellow Benjy' Melendez, who brokered peace and whose influence allowed an emerging musical genre to take root and grow

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