Dec. 6 was a notable turning point in hip-hop and R&B history. KRS-One released the song “Sound of da Police” on this date in ...
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. When I take a look back at the most important years of my musical ...
CHICAGO - FEBRUARY 1993: Rapper Ice Cube performs at the Regal Theater in Chicago, Illinois in February 1993. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images) This article originally appeared in the August 1993 ...
Is New York, New York, really the birthplace of hip hop? Is this ultimate city—the preferred setting for most modern-day film fables —the place where the seed took hold? Where the rhymes first flowed ...