Joe Louis Arena, Detroit 1989
As expressed in the 2015 biopic, Straight Outta Compton, the triumph of N.W.A singing “F**k the Police” at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit started with Ice Cube chanting, “This
Author: Melena DeBoe
Senior Media Management major with a minor in Leadership Studies and a wicked love for hip-hop history!
Strength of Street Knowledge
On a somewhat biased note, I am excited to present this next topic of hip-hop history to you all in discussing my favorite rap group, N.W.A. Standing for N***as With
A Message Misinterpreted
More than often, I think that maybe if [some of] today’s rap stars spent less time singing about their private jets, b****es, Lamborghinis, and million-dollar houses, and more time singing
Making of a Message
“Don’t push me, ‘cause I’m close to the edge…”—the lyric that is most known in the song “The Message”, which opened a new direction for hip-hop history. “The Message” is
How the Tables Have Turned
1970s New York was characterized by two things: disco music and crime. However, 16-year-old Brox resident, Clive Campbell, was not a fan of either. He spent most of his timing
August 11th, 1973
By most accounts, hip-hop has a specific birthplace – so specific, in fact, that it has a street address: 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, the Bronx, New York. Here, on 11 August
September 16th, 1979
Hip-hop roots and the debate of which song is the first-ever hit, are common phenomena within the hip-hop community. However, the most recognized “first” hip-hop song has to go to
Blogger’s Delight
As a passionate student of all music, and of all genres throughout the ages, hip-hop and how it started speaks to me on a different level. Today, hip-hop is a