50 Years of Hip-Hop: How a generation fostered creativity from urban despair and racial barriers
Hip-hop, a subculture and an art movement, was born when urban youth in crime and poverty-ridden neighbourhoods in South Bronx in New York City sought street corners to hang out and found ways to express their despairing selves. In the late 1970s, South Bronx was rocked by a manufacturing decline and an expressway that ended the local businesses. The emerging hip-hop movement gave the youths a recreative space to voice their despair and hardship, which grew to become a global phenomenon. Here's a look at the pioneers
Curated By: Madhu Kapparath
Outkast [Dre (Andre Benjamin) and Big Boi (Antwan Patton)] performing at the Theater at Madison Square Garden on March 9, 2001. Hip-hop's creative centre moved to the American South in the early 2000s, with artists like T.I, Lil Wayne and the increasingly experimental OutKast with their blend of gritty Southern soul, fluid raps, and the low-slung funk. The six Grammy Awards over 25 million records sold haven't stopped the critical acclaim for their Aquemini and Stankonia albums, not to mention the wild neo-psychedelic outfits on stage.
