A few of old-school hip-hop's finest. Photo illustration by Ellie Skrzat for Slate. Photos by Vince Bucci/Getty Images, Stringer PN/Reuters, Blake Sell/Reuters, and Mario Anzuoni/Reuters. This summer ...
Listen to Hit Parade via Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play. Think you know music? Hit Parade, the music-history podcast from Slate, is back with a new episode of the Bridge.
The 1990s were a golden era of rap music. Rap moguls like Ice Cube and Dr. Dre set the stage in the late '80s for stars like Tupac, Nas, Biggie and Jay Z to emerge full force in the '90s, taking rap ...
On August 11, 1973, hip-hop was born, changing music and popular culture forever. But in each decade since, the genre has been distinct, with its own style, stars and sounds. In honor of hip-hop’s ...
A truly iconic hit single from an emblem of ‘90s angst, with a music video that’s been seared into the mind’s eye of anyone who lived through the decade. Coolio sampled Stevie Wonder’s “Pastime ...
The '90s were hip-hop's golden age. The era gave rise to some of the most prolific MCs there have ever been, and their legacy lives on today in the incredible music they shared with us all. There are, ...
Hey, remember the ’90s? Y’know, that time when rap was flourishing, record labels were flush with money and a single song could make a rapper a rich person overnight? Those of us old enough to live ...
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