Rather than simply a genre, hip-hop is a culture – one chiefly expressed and disseminated through rap music A major commercial breakthrough arrived in the mid-1980s with Def Jam acts Run-DMC and ...
By the early 1980s, both genres had found their feet. Hip-hop emerged as a powerful voice for storytelling ... Their music, paired with the trio’s Adidas tracksuits and gold chains, established an ...
By the early 1980s, both genres had found their feet. Hip-hop emerged as a powerful voice ... established an aesthetic that resonated far beyond New York City. Music videos on MTV gave hip-hop ...