Hip-hop
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Hip-hop is a genre of popular music that emerged in the early 1970s alongside an associated subculture created by African-American, Afro-Caribbean and Latino communities in New York City. The musical
Keef Cowboy (top right) with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five in 1982
Set of Technics 1200 turntables with a Vestax PMC-06 Pro A mixer
Muhammad Ali, a major influence on hip-hop
DJ Kool Herc in 1999
East Coast hip-hop
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East Coast hip-hop is a regional subgenre of hip-hop music that originated in New York City during the 1970s. Hip-hop is recognized to have originated and evolved first in the Bronx borough of New Yor
RZA, producer and member of the Wu-Tang Clan
Nas's 1994 debut album Illmatic was critically acclaimed.
Wiz Khalifa performing in Toronto in 2012.
Lil Kim's fourth studio album The Naked Truth is the only album by a female rapper to have received five mics from The Source for its outstanding lyrical performance. Lil Kim performs at a pride parade in Los Angeles in 2022 above.