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Hip-hop has been described as a "mainstream subculture". The main reasons why hip-hop culture secured its subcultural authority despite becoming a part of the mass media and mainstream industries can be summarized as follows. First, hip-hop artists promoted symbolic and conspicuous consumption in their music from a very early stage. Second, the ...
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Rapper Ice-T. With the commercial success of gangsta rap in the early 1990s, the emphasis in lyrics shifted to drugs, violence, and misogyny.Early proponents of gangsta rap included groups and artists such as Ice-T, who recorded what some consider to be the first gangsta rap single, "6 in the Mornin'", [68] and N.W.A whose second album Niggaz4Life became the first gangsta rap album to enter ...
As hip-hop celebrates its 50th anniversary on Aug. 11, The Times looks back at the artists, songs and innovations that changed the course of popular culture.
He was the first hip-hop artist to replace himself on the chart at No. 1, with the Notorious B.I.G.’s "Mo Money Mo Problems" overtaking “I’ll Be Missing You.”
Hip-hop's widely publicized 50th anniversary in 2023 spawned media coverage, documentaries and concerts, as well as a renewed interest in the roots of hip-hop and the artists who created it.
The first hip hop artist with a Top 10 pop charting rap album; One of the first hip hop artists with Gold, Platinum, and multi-Platinum albums; The first hip hop act to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine; One of the first hip hop acts to receive a Grammy Award nomination; The first hip hop act to make a video appearance on MTV
Kurtis Blow was barely 21 when “The Breaks” stopped hip-hop fans in their tracks. Released in 1980 as a follow-up to his debut single, “Christmas Rappin’,the song’s funky bassline ...