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Residents call to hip-hop stars for help

Now it's their turn to make some noise.

Residents at the west Bronx housing complex where the first hip-hop parties were held in the '70s have raised $11.5 million to buy their building and keep it affordable..

Only problem is real estate mogul Mark Karasick, who entered into a contract to buy the building, at 1520 Sedgwick Ave., wants $14 million for it and has not been willing to...

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