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In 2024, rap music and hip-hop culture are almost inextricable from the commercial record industry. Created and incubated by people on the socioeconomic margins and firmly outside of the mainstream, ...
It all began with Run-D.M.C. In 1986, the Queens-bred kings of rap bumrushed Madison Square Garden with their sold-out “Raising Hell” tour. Russell Simmons had urged the group to record a song ...
In the late ’80s and early ’90s, a wave of commercial hip-hop artists, like Public Enemy, Poor Righteous Teachers, Brand Nubian, Eric B. & Rakim, Paris, Gang Starr, Ice Cube and MC Ren, used their ...
As it celebrates its 50th birthday, we are mapping hip-hop's story on a local level, with more than a dozen city-specific histories of the music and culture. Click here to see the entire list. If you ...
Hey all,<BR><BR>I was visiting my family in CT over the holidays and caught a radio commercial that said something like, "new music genres...Hip Hopera." And then they played about 30 seconds of what ...
In an extraordinary display of musical dominance, Kendrick Lamar has emerged as 2024’s definitive chart leader, securing more Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits than any contemporary artist. This ...
Joining the ranks of trill local businesses like 411-Pain and RimTyme, Orlando Chiropractic has entered the commercial hip-hop game with a new heater by rapper Lil Dicky. Really, if you’re going to ...
Brown University professor Tricia Rose wants you to know that no one is right about hip-hop. In her new book, The Hip Hop Wars, Rose takes on all sides, arguing that fans and detractors alike have ...