“Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation,” a brilliant exhibition at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, reveals the centrality of visual art to hip-hop’s thrilling beginnings. The show prompts fresh consideration of the origins of hip-hop and the “post-graffiti” movement, which saw the street artists who had transformed New York’s urban landscape adapt their work for display in high-end galleries, as well as in music videos and fashion.
Una rima contro il sistema
Prima di George Floyd c’erano Rayshard Brooks e Breonna Taylor, e poi Philando Castile, Sandra Bland, Freddie Grey, Tamir Rice, Mike Brown. Le pratiche violente…
Un corto animato su Rosa Parks
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How Nina Simone Became Hip Hop’s “Secret Weapon”
In 1996, the Fugees burst on the scene with “Ready or Not,” and most listeners were not ready: for the ominous, eclectic, Caribbean-inflected production, the…
From a Bronx Party to a Global Force
Many, many people with an internet connection, including yours truly, spent a fair amount of time on 11 August 2017 entranced by a Google Doodle.…
The story of the funky drummer:
“Give the drummer some”, said the voice of funk soul pioneer James Brown as it rang out above his band on the 1967 recording…
A History of American Protest Music
On June 12, 1963, in the early morning after president John F. Kennedy’s Civil Rights address, activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back as…