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‘Background Check’ explores hip-hop as it grew up in St. Louis’ neighborhood parks, skating rinks, and YMCAs

On Tuesday evening, with tornado sirens blaring and his audience checking their phones for moment-by-moment coverage of the night’s inclement weather, Ron “G. Wiz” Butts briefly delayed the start of a ...
USA Today

What is hip-hop? An attempt to define the cultural phenomenon as it celebrates 50 years

The phenomenon has threaded through society since it was born in the Bronx in 1973. Hip-hop is on radio, television, fashion and sports arenas. This year the movement is celebrating a special birthday ...
Rolling Stone

50 Years Later, Is Hip-Hop Still Radical?

It’s an afternoon in July 2023, and New York City Mayor Eric Adams is in his element. Standing at a podium at the foot of the marble staircase in New York’s City Hall, the Mayor is flanked by staffers ...
The Source Magazine

Trick9: Rising from Tennessee’s Underground to Hip-Hop’s Main Stage

Emerging from the often overlooked music scene of Tennessee, Trick9 has rapidly ascended as a force to be reckoned with in the hip-hop industry. This talented artist hails from Whiteville, a small ...
Newsweek

The 50 Moments That Defined Hip-Hop, in Photos

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. It was 1979 when The Sugar Hill Gang released "Rapper's Delight," a ...