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Rats in the front room, roaches in the back Junkies in the alley with a baseball bat I tried to get away but I couldn’t get far ‘Cause the man with the tow truck repossessed my car. It was 1982, and as New York was emerging from one of the worst financial crises in its history, […]
The most anticipated music concert headlined by Kendrick Lamar finally took place on Dec. 6 at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda. The event was the first part of a large-scale touring festival that is intended to expand across the African continent in the coming years until 2028. Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free’s company, pgLang, […]
The event “Rhythms of Resilience: Philly School Alumni on Hip-Hop, Africana Studies, and Self-Discovery” was held virtually for teachers across the district to attend and ask questions via Zoom. African American studies teacher Ismael Jimenez hosted the panel that included former students and current hip-hop artists Starr Skii and MTM Flow. Both attended Kensington Creative […]
Crucial matters of history, language and politics are key components of hip-hop culture, and hip-hop is not just a form of entertainment but a “powerful art form to teach us” about today’s society, according to Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist Rapsody. With lyrics reflecting issues of racial injustices and discrimination, Rapsody told a packed auditorium at the […]
How hip-hop influenced what we wear the1a.org Source link
As ambassadors of the country where breakdancing originated 50 years ago, members of Team USA have something to prove — and potentially to lose — when the hip-hop dance form makes its official debut at the Paris Games in 2024. That’s because for U.S. breakers like Carmarry Hall, Victor Montalvo and Jeffrey Mike Louis, it’s […]
As ambassadors of the country where breakdancing originated 50 years ago, members of Team USA have something to prove — and potentially to lose — when the hip-hop dance form makes its official debut at the Paris Games in 2024. That’s because for U.S. breakers like Carmarry Hall, Victor Montalvo and Jeffrey Mike Louis, it’s […]
Aug. 11, 1973, is widely regarded as a pivotal day in the emergence of hip-hop. At a back-to-school party in a South Bronx community room, DJ Kool Herc famously used two record turntables to extend the “breaks” (percussive interludes) of soul and funk songs — an innovation that gave rise to hip-hop’s musical signature. USC […]
A woman passes by a mural of the rapper Biggie Smalls on a wall in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images A woman passes by a mural of the rapper Biggie Smalls on a wall in the Bushwick section of […]
The 1A Record Club commemorates 50 years of hip-hop the1a.org Source link