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Hip Hop 50 is a media project by Mass Appeal to celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip hop. The project is planned to include documentary films , EPs , podcasts , and other media. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Joseph Simmons (R) and Darryl McDaniels (L) from Run-D.M.C. perform during the Hip Hop 50 Live concert, marking the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip hop, at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough ...
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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 ...
The hip hop of Chicago is sometimes called "Chi-town" [28] in the music industry. It became commonplace for serious rappers to cite the Nation of Islam, a Black Muslim organization headquartered in Chicago, as a lyrical and ideological influence in the 1980s and 1990s, a rap theme often resulting in controversy.
As hip-hop celebrates its 50th anniversary, LL Cool J's Rock the Bells brand platform highlights the music genre's influence on music, the economy, and culture.
In May 2006 English band Erasure recorded their live album (on both CD and DVD), titled On The Road To Nashville. In 2009 Jonny Lang recorded Live at the Ryman. It debuted at number 2 on the Billboard Blues chart. On July 7, 2012, Ringo Starr recorded his 72nd birthday concert, called "Ringo at the Ryman", with his All-Starr Band.