The 50 Greatest NYC hip-hop artists: Guest list. Music. You've seen the list, now hear what Big Daddy Kane, De La Soul, Peter Rosenberg and more have to say. The biggest names in New York
In the last century, New York was practically synonymous with hip hop, housing the leading artists of the genre's golden age (from the mid 1980s to early '90s), Not merely the greatest New York hip-hop album, Nation of Millions might be the greatest hip-hop album — full stop. This album was unprecedented on so many levels. Musically
Hip-hop grew in all sorts of new directions after De La dropped 3 Feet High and Rising in '89. Four years later, they were still leading its expansion. Four years later, they were still leading
He lists David Hammons, Lorna Simpson, and Mickalene Thomas among the next generation of artists who would draw inspiration from the hip-hop ethos. Installation view of the exhibition "New York/New Wave," at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, 1981, currently on view in "A BIT OF MATTER: The MoMA PS1 Archives, 1976-2000 through September 10, 2017."
Tonight we are inducting the greatest rapper of all time into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Notorious B.I.G. representing Brooklyn, New York, we up in here!" 2Pac Image Credit: MediaNews
Female hip hop artists have come ways since the 1980s. In hip-hop's early days, where rap music was strictly based in and around New York City, there were only a few female artists, like Roxanne Shante, Sparky D, MC Lyte, Sha-Rock, Queen Latifah, and Salt N Pepa, all who had a place in hip hop from the late 1970s to the beginning of the 1990s.
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