On this day in 2006, the hip-hop world suffered an irreplaceable loss as James Dewitt Yancey—better known as J Dilla—passed away at the age of 32. The visionary Detroit producer lost his battle with ...
since the NFL isn't exactly an institution that's known for its support of Black lives. So on this episode, we're digging into the history of hip hop and how it's been co-opted.
With the biggest captive audience of his career, Lamar's performance conjures a medley of hits that spans his 15-year discography, and featured R&B star SZA as a special guest.
But long before this resurgence, one of the earliest jazz-infused Hip-Hop albums, Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space), was released by Brooklyn-based trio Digable Planets on this day in 1993 ...