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title: "In My View: Leon | BERLIN GLOBAL"
date: 2023-01-25
last_modified: 2023-02-21T14:56:58+01:00
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url: "https://www.berlin.museum/en/video/in-my-view-leon-berlin-global"
description: "Originating in the Bronx in New York City, the musical genre hip hop would also play an important role in Berlin in the 1980s and 1990s – both in the West and in the East. While German-Turkish youths developed the genre in West Berlin youth centres, hip hop in East Berlin became a means for musicians to seek free spaces against the backdrop of the GDR regime."
image: "https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Leon4.jpg"
language: "en-US"
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# In My View: Leon | BERLIN GLOBAL

01:03 Minuten

[![](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Leon4-300x169.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOK1jmxcH34)

In this video, high school student Leon Hölzl introduces the hip hop station at BERLIN GLOBAL. A music lover, Hölzl is fascinated by the historical events surrounding hip hop in divided Berlin as well as the original objects from Berlin DJs and bands.

## Background

In our series "BERLIN GLOBAL: In my View" we present personal perspectives on the Berlin exhibition at the Humboldt Forum.

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