club /new york

The Rooftop

155th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard, New York, United States

Mid-1980s Harlem roller-skating rink turned hip-hop club where Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick, and Big Daddy Kane built their reputations and which is widely credited as launching the New York after-dark hip-hop circuit of the era.

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  1. B
    Wikipedia — Doug E. Fresh Retrieved 2026-05-24.
  2. B
    Wikipedia — Slick Rick Retrieved 2026-05-24.

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