The Decade Hip-Hop Learned to Tell Stories
Between 1990 and 1999, Golden Age hip-hop stopped bragging and started narrating — turning rappers like Nas, Biggie, and the Wu-Tang Clan into the great American storytellers of the decade.
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Cheers TV Show: 9 Wild Facts About the 80s Sitcom
The Cheers TV show almost got cancelled after finishing dead last — then became one of the most decorated sitcoms ever. 9 wild facts about the Boston bar.
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On This Day: July 2, 1982 — Lawn Chair Larry’s Wild Flight
On July 2, 1982, a 33-year-old truck driver named Larry Walters — soon nicknamed Lawn Chair Larry — tied 42 helium weather balloons to an aluminum patio chair and floated 16,000 feet over Los Angeles. He carried a pellet gun, a CB radio, sandwiches and a six-pack, drifted into the flight path of Long Beach…
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How the Sampler Built the Sound of 90s Rap
The Golden Age hip-hop era ran on two machines and a crate of dusty records. Here’s how the SP-1200, the MPC, and a handful of obsessive producers built the sound of 90s rap.
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Baywatch TV Show: 9 Wild Facts About the 90s Hit
How a canceled NBC lifeguard drama became the most-watched TV show on Earth, with red swimsuits, slow-motion runs, and 1.1 billion weekly fans.
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How the Golden Age of Hip-Hop Conquered the 1990s
From The Chronic to Illmatic, the Golden Age of hip-hop turned the 1990s into the most fearless decade rap ever had. Here’s how it happened.
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2 Live Crew: 9 Wild Facts About the Banned 1989 Album
2 Live Crew were a Miami hip-hop group whose 1989 album As Nasty as They Wanna Be became the first sound recording in U.S. history ruled legally obscene. A federal judge banned it in June 1990, sheriff’s deputies arrested the group on stage, and a record-store clerk was convicted just for selling it. Two years…
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Juice Movie: 9 Reasons Tupac’s 1992 Classic Still Hits
The Juice movie (1992) was Tupac Shakur’s first film. Inside the cast, the ending, the soundtrack, and why this Harlem crime classic still hits.
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How Old School Hip-Hop Took Over the World, 1979–1989
Old school hip-hop went from Bronx block parties to the Billboard charts in ten short years. Here’s how two turntables and a microphone changed everything.
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On This Day: June 28, 1997 — The Tyson Bite Fight
The Tyson bite fight happened on June 28, 1997, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. In the third round of his rematch with WBA heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson bit off a piece of Holyfield’s right ear, then bit the left ear seconds later. Referee Mills Lane disqualified Tyson, who was…
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Purple Rain Movie: 9 Wild Facts About Prince’s 1984 Hit
The Purple Rain movie made Prince a superstar in 1984. Nine wild facts about the film, the album, Apollonia, and that famous motorcycle.
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Gen Z Found Grunge in the Thrift Aisle and Never Looked Back
The grunge resurgence in 2020s fashion didn’t start on a runway. It started on Depop, in thrift bins, and on TikTok feeds full of Doc Martens and your dad’s old flannel.
