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Aug 11, 2023 · Fourth in a series of Retropolis stories looking back at moments in hip-hop history during the week of the music genre’s 50th anniversary. It was August 1989, and an 18-year-old Tupac Shakur ...
- We Profiled Rising Stars
- We Published Conversations with Legends
- The Contributions of Women Were Highlighted
- We Revisted Hip-Hop’s Biggest Releases
- We Criss-Crossed The Country
- We Went International
- We Explored Hip-Hop’s Larger Impact
- We Covered on Stage Celebrations
- It Didn’T Stop There…
From Lola Brooketo Tkay Maidza, GRAMMY.com engaged in comprehensive in-depth interviews with artists who are at the forefront of shaping the future of hip-hop, and held a roundtable discussionabout exactly what the next 50 years might look like.
DJ Kool Hercand Questlove, who have played unquestionable roles in hip-hop’s continuing evolution, spoke to GRAMMY.com about their profound and abiding connections to the idiom.
Without the inspired vision of countless women, hip-hop would not be what it is today. The "Ladies First" segment, which kicked off "A GRAMMY Salute To Hip-Hop" featuring Queen Latifah, Monie Love, and MC Lyte, among other lady greats with Spinderellaas DJ, was an ode to this. In acknowledgment of female trailblazers in a world dominated by men, GR...
From Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)to Jay-Z’s The Black Album to Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy, GRAMMY.com dove deep into the core hip-hop canon. We also broke down the genre’s development decade by decade through the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, and 20s, with a focus on classic albums from each era. Listen To GRAMMY.com's 50th Anniversary Of Hip-Hop ...
GRAMMY.com’s series of regional guides — from the Bay Areaand SoCal, to Texasand the Dirty South, to D.C.and NYC —highlight hip-hop’s diversity of culture and sound.
Although hip-hop is a quintessentially American phenomenon, its impact, appeal, and influence has spread worldwide. The international appetite for hip-hop was showcased in coverage of Latinxand Argentinianrappers to know, as well as five international hip-hop scenes to know: France, Nigeria, Brazil, South Africa, and England.
Hip-hop is more than a sound. It’s a culture that permeates almost every sector of life. Showcasing this effervescence, GRAMMY.com ran pieces about the evolution of hip-hop’sinfluence on educational curriculumworldwide, as well as its biggest fashion and style moments.
"A GRAMMY Salute To 50 Years Of Hip-Hop," the two-hour special that aired in December on CBS and is available on demandon Paramount+ represented a culmination of the Recording Academy’s 50th year anniversary celebration. Revisit the 2023 GRAMMYs’ hip-hop revue, and check out a recap of "A GRAMMY Salute"with photos, a rundown of all the performers a...
Notable coverage also included the evolution of the mixtape, 11 Hip-Hop Subgenres to Knowand 10 Binge-worthy Hip-Hop Podcasts, as well as a breakdown of Jay-Z’s Songbookand Snoop Dogg’s discography. For everything GRAMMY.com and all things hip-hop — including our rap-focused run in the GRAMMY Rewindseries — visit here. 2023 In Review: 5 Trends That...
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Sep 13, 2016 · 20 Years Later: Tupac Is Hip-Hop’s Prophet Of Rage And Revolution. By Kevin Powell. September 13, 2016. I have never met anyone like Tupac Shakur, and I doubt I will ever meet anyone like...
Mar 31, 2024 · Tupac Shakur’s music often glorified the violent, misogynistic, drug-filled “thug life” led by many 1990s gangsta rappers. However, several of Shakur’s songs signaled the bleak and racist reality of the ghetto that forced black youth down that path.
Story by Jesse McCarthy. • 4mo • 16 min read. In the winter of 1971, Afeni Shakur, a 24-year-old Black revolutionary on trial in a case for which she had — against all advice — insisted on...
