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- African American and Hispanic communities of the Bay Area and southern California emerged as new bases of hip hop culture in the 1980s.
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Aug 10, 2023 · A quarter-century after gangsta rap became hip-hop's most popular form, what is now recognizably from LA has reverted back to its regional underground identity.
Aug 6, 2023 · Hip-hop at 50: Its global impact has surpassed that of rock ‘n’ roll a generation earlier. Aug. 6, 2023. While its growth since the 1990s had been well-documented, here are some notable events ...
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Aug 9, 2023 · Hip-hop “connects to what is true. And what is true, lasts.” Born in the Bronx. Those looking for a starting point have landed on Aug. 11, 1973, when Clive Campbell, known as DJ Kool Herc ...
Many other Hip-Hop songs recorded in California were released during the early 1980s, but many of them received little or no radio play. Captain Rapp created the classic West Coast song released in 1983 called, "Bad Times (I Can't Stand It)", which is a politically conscious response to Grandmaster Flash's "The Message" arranged by the ...
Aug 11, 2023 · To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. Print. Born in the Bronx, New York, hip-hop soon found some of its most influential rappers in Los Angeles. On the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, we take a look at how the West Coast helped make hip-hop one of the most dominant cultural forces in the world.
1988 – Thanks to lyrics criticizing law enforcement and depicting raw life in Compton, California, N.W.A spark national controversy with their influential second album, Straight Outta Compton. 1991 – Ice-T appears in New Jack City, becoming one of the first rappers to headline a major Hollywood film.
Rap music (also referred to as rap or hip-hop music) evolved in conjunction with the cultural movement called hip-hop. Rap emerged as a minimalist street sound against the backdrop of the heavily orchestrated and formulaic music coming from the local house parties to dance clubs in the early 1970s.
