50 years of hip-hop history: Los Angeles : NPR

There may be no better case for the power of hip-hop's geographic diversity than Los Angeles, whose sprawl of distinct creative microclimates is a genre unto itself.
There may be no better case for the power of hip-hop's geographic diversity than Los Angeles, whose sprawl of distinct creative microclimates is a genre unto itself.

50 years of hip-hop history: The Bay Area : NPR

Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style

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50 years of hip-hop history: Los Angeles : NPR

50 years of hip-hop history: Los Angeles : NPR

The First 50: Toronto's Hip Hop Architects, Events

50 Years of Hip-Hop : NPR

Hip-Hop at 50: Libraries Plot Special Events Commemorating Anniversary

50 years of hip-hop history: Boston : NPR

50 years ago, a summer party in the Bronx gave birth to hip-hop : NPR

50 years of hip-hop history: Los Angeles : NPR

Getting lit for hip-hop's 50th birthday : It's Been a Minute : NPR

2 Live Crew fought the law with its album, 'As Nasty As They Wanna Be' : NPR

Queen Latifah, Chuck D and more rap legends on 'Rapper's Delight' and their early hip-hop influences