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20 greatest hip-hop albums of the '90s, ranked

From Illmatic to The Chronic, these are the most important—and greatest—rap albums of the ’90s. One rule changed everything: ...
Black Enterprise

Remembering The Notorious B.I.G. On The Day Of His Untimely Death

On March 9, 1997, hip-hop lost one of its most influential voices, Christopher Wallace, also known as “The Notorious B.I.G.” or “Biggie,” in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles. The 24-year-old ...
Okayplayer

Listen to A 1997 Freestyle From The Notorious B.I.G. for Pepsi’s Hip-Hop 50 Campaign

A posthumous freestyle from The Notorious B.I.G. has been re-unearthed thanks to PepsiCo. In time for Hip-Hop 50, the drink company has partnered with Biggie’s estate for a new Pepsi Max campaign, ...
NBC New York

50 years of hip-hop: How the genre evolved and influenced the world along the way

Hip-hop was born in the break — that moment when a song’s vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage. At the hands of the DJs, that break moment became more: a composition in ...
Variety

‘All the Streets Are Silent: The Convergence of Hip-Hop and Skateboarding (1987-1997)’ Film Review

Vividly recalling the collision of two young cultures on the streets of New York City, Jeremy Elkin's documentary sometimes struggles to figure out what it all meant. As far as titles go, you can’t ...