Reggae and disco  

"While the link between reggae and hip hop may seem stronger than that between reggae and disco, both hip hop and disco relied, in their nascent state, on the same type of proto-disco records.

A first decisive moment for hip hop was DJ Kool Herc's moving from Jamaica to New York and starting to spin funk records instead of his Jamaican hits at his block parties in the Bronx.

A second decisive moment was Larry Levan playing an eclectic mix (including reggae) at the Paradise Garage and his ensuing Padlock EP (1983) on Garage Records, mixed from original Island material by Sly and Robbie. "Seventh Heaven", "Peanut Butter", "Getting Hot", "Hop Scotch" are hybrid disco-reggae tracks played by Jamaican musicians, recorded at the Compass Point Studios with late Gwen Guthrie on vocals."--Jahsonic

"Larry Levan always played reggae. He always played a reggae set, sometimes twice a night." --Joey Llanos cited in House Music's Development and the East-Coast Underground Scene (1992) by Glenn A. Berry