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Bergen's hip-hop scene went mainstream in the '80s. This new exhibit celebrates it
All of it relates to the early '80s hip-hop scene in North Jersey ... culture that also includes break dancing, fashion, street art (among the exhibits is an original drawing by Keith Haring).
Revive Big Band’s Vinyl Release Honors Jazz And Hip-Hop’s Shared Legacy
F rom its inception in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Jazz was considered the only true American art form. Its sound ...
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Academy Awards x Hip Hop: Reflecting on ‘Lose Yourself’ and ‘Hard Out Here For a Pimp’s Oscar Wins
The success of Lose Yourself and Hard Out Here for a Pimp at the Oscars highlighted the music’s most successful genre’s ...
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The Graphic History of Hip Hop — The Comic Novel!
To mark the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, the New York City Public Schools system asked Walter Greason, Ph.D., the leading ...
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Hip-Hop and Rap Across the Smithsonian
The Anthology captures the evolution of hip-hop from its earliest days in the late 70s up to contemporary artists of today ... and Culture Pair of white and black Run-D.M.C. Superstar 80s sneakers ...
Springsteen Archives going deep into A History of Hip-Hop Sampling with mutlimedia talk
A History of Hip Hop Sampling with John Morrison and Josh Leidy is 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7 at Monmouth University in West Long ...
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The Art Supreme: Hip-Hop & Fashion
Today, the influence of hip-hop seems intertwined with the fashion industry, to the point where we can barely imagine one without the other. But, in the early 1980s, fashion brands faced a dilemma ...