How Yo! MTV Raps Beamed the Golden Age Into Your Living Room
Before streaming, before the internet, one afternoon show taught suburban Gen X kids the language of Golden Age hip-hop (1990-1999). Here is how Yo! MTV Raps did it.
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Birth of Hip Hop: How NYC Block Parties Built the 80s
From a Bronx rec room in 1973 to Run-DMC selling out arenas, here’s how hip hop crawled out of NYC block parties and took over the 80s — boomboxes, breakdancing, and all.
