Hip-Hop today is a global culture that has changed music, dance, fashion, language —and even politics. But where did this worldwide cultural movement begin? We trace hip-hop back to its humble beginnings, when the kids of the Bronx crammed into house parties, rec rooms, and public parks to hear music like they’d never heard it before.
The foundation
From the underground to the mainstream
The new guard
The birth of gangsta rap
The southern way
Out the trunk: the bay
Do the knowledge
New york state of mind
A tale of two coasts
Life after death
Pass the mic
The dirty south
Bounce to this
The southern lab
The super producers
Street dreams
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