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Jun 1, 2023 · In 1989, Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff won the inaugural Grammy award for Best Rap Performance for the song “Parents Just Don't Understand.”. The track would go on to be a playful anthem for kids ...
Aug 11, 2023 · Kool Herc and the History (and Mystery) of Hip-Hop’s First Day. Even as the world celebrates rap turning 50, the debate over the genre's birth date spins on. HIP-HOP WAS BORN IN THE BRONX IN the ...
Mar 23, 2021 · On this date in 2003, Hip Hop icon Eminem becomes the first rapper to win an Academy Award for his monumental “Lose Yourself’ single from the soundtrack of his 2003 8 Mile silver screen debut ...
May 10, 2024 · Common, American hip-hop artist, actor, and activist who became a mainstream success in the early 21st century, known for intelligent and positive lyrics that were performed in a spoken-word style. He was the first rapper to win a Grammy, Oscar, and Emmy. Learn more about Common’s life and career.
Feb 9, 2020 · One of Eminem's most famous lyrical endeavors—and the first hip-hop track to ever win an Oscar—it'll have us singing about mom's spaghetti for a long time to come. “Let It Go” ( Frozen ...
Feb 26, 2015 · The socially conscious collab “Glory,” written for the Oprah Winfrey-produced Civil Rights film Selma , is only the third hip-hop song to win an Academy Award in the ceremony’s 87-year ...
Chuck Philips, Los Angeles Times, 1992 Gangsta rap is a subgenre of hip hop that reflects the violent lifestyles of inner-city American black youths. Gangsta is a non-rhotic pronunciation of the word gangster. The genre was pioneered in the mid-1980s by rappers such as Schoolly D and Ice-T, and was popularized in the later part of the 1980s by groups like N.W.A. In 1985 Schoolly D released "P ...
