Hush Tours

4 of us recently took the birth of hip-hop tour, all been lifetime hip-hop fans, and all keen to soak up some hip hop history in it's birthplace. We had an incredible few hours, the guides - Grandmaster Caz and JDL - were excellent, passionate and knowledgable about their subject, re-telling how they and others lived it. It was very funny too, Caz still hasn't lost the skill of telling a story. We saw places we had only read about in books, or heard about on records, ate soul food in Harlem, and listened to a soundtrack of breaks and classic hip-hop while driving through harlem and the bronx. Amazing time, great memories. Thanks to the Hush crew and Caz and JDL. Recommend to anyone with an interest in hip-hop culture - the 4 elements.

The Birthplace of Hip Hop Tour was a great experience for our families. Everyone enjoyed the experience, teens & preteens and parents alike. Grandmaster Caz was engaging and enthusiastic, not to mention funny! And JDL was a wonderful host as well. The one thing I would recommend is make sure you bring cash for lunch. While we knew lunch was not included in the ticket price, no one mentioned that it's cash only. There is an ATM on the premise, but I don't like to pay the fees. So come prepared. And if you're going to sit in the front of the bus, bring some ear plugs!!! Even our kids complained about their ears hurting from the sound system.

A great tour! JDL and Grandmaster Caz were superb hosts who made the trip fun and very memorable. You get to see some of NYC that you would never normally visit as a tourist. The tour guides tell the story of hip hop in a vivid and interesting way. I would highly recommend this tour.

This was probably one of the best tours I have ever been on. My family and i learned so much about the culture of hip hop and where it originated. Caz and JDL where fantastic. Great way to see NYC, totally away from the tourist areas.

This is a wonderful tour.Not only is there a lot to learn and enjoy but it is entertaining and so much fun to be on.We are interactively entertained and included in an amazing New York experience even if you are not a Hip hop fan.You get to see and hear about places you would not normally get to without a guide.I would so recommend this to anyone.

GREAT PLEASURE TO DISCOVER HARLEM THIS WAY

Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Truly!

I booked the Hip Hop Tour for my daughter who's really into rap and street dance. She was apprehensive, but we both loved the tour, and our host Reggie Reg, was fab. It was great to learn about the five disciplines of Hip Hop and to understand how the genre evolved. We also got to see some amazing graffiti. This tour was one of the highlights of our week in New York. Can thoroughly recommend it.

I booked this tour for my nephew aged 13 years thoroughly believing I would hate it as I'm an R'nB girl not really into hip hop. How surprised I was! Reggie Reg of the Crash Crew who led the tour was my age group & "Lady Love" aka Denise assisted him. Reggie was very informative & allowed me to make sense of the music I used to listen to by Grand Master Flash & the Sugar Hill Gang. The hip hop history tour through Harlem & the Bronx was great & took in the iconic sights of not only Yankee Stadium & the Apollo Theater but also 1520 Sedgwick Avenue where it all began & 5 Pointz where the graffiti artists are legally allowed to ply their trade. In a nutshell, I loved it all. It was also good to see two of New York's neighbourhoods through the eyes of locals. Reggie & Denise thank you for a fun four hours which I know my nephew will not forget, as I have the only photograph (taken with Reggie) he was willing to pose for during our stay in New York. Sabinah from London, England

The tour was just great. Even my girlfriend, who isn't in hip-hop at all liked this tour very much !!! So recommended to everybody !!

It poured rain, but our guide J.D.L. provided rain ponchos and carried on, making sure that everyone had a great time. We came away from this tour knowing more about the birth and elements of hip hop culture, and with a better undestanding of the fascinating past and present of Harlem. This tour was the highlight of our trip.

We have a great memory of last Saturday's tour with Grandmaster Caz and JDL! Both icons talked and walked us through the history of HipHop with a great deal of pride and enthusiasm. The intermezzo in Spanish Harlem where some of our small group were invited to join a B-Boy/B-Girl introduction dance on a playground created a great vibe. Picking up a glimpse of the Bronx namely the blocks where it all started and the commemorate plaques was a nice addition but we would have loved to have seen some street performance or dance battle in that area on a Saturday. We're sure Hush Tours could arrange for that. At the end of the tour we happily bought the DVD and CD from Grandmaster Caz. This tour will stay in our memories for ever. The kids (18 & 13) were just like us absolutely delighted. Well done guys!

A girl in my class asked me if I wanted to try something new. Of course I wanna try something new and special! I was ready to try it in New York because I was wanted to know more about the hiphip-style. It was a cool tour with laugher, information, photograph, new style and I was having fun all the time!

I'm really glad I took this tour. I was in NYC only 3 and a half days--and this was the highlight of my trip. I learned a lot about the early days of hip hop and had a lot of fun too. The soul food buffet we stopped at in Harlem was great too. Grandmaster Caz and JDL were great guides--good storytellers and attentive to everyone on the tour. I loved Mighty Mouse's breakdancing too. If I ever come back to New York, I would definitely like to take one of the other hip hop tours.