Posts tagged Hip-Hop

This August, Hip-Hop will celebrate its 49th year in the world of music. What started as a low-budget experiment put together by a South Bronx disc jockey has turned into the cultural zeitgeist. The role of women in Hip-Hop is well documented yet seldom discussed since rap is and probably will always remain a man’s thing. Let’s reflect on the bitter-sweet nature of being a female MC. Generally speaking, music has been dominated by men, regardless of genre. In other styles like Pop and R&B, some of history’s biggest names belonged to the womenfolk (e.g., Madonna, Whitney Houston, Beyonce, Barbara …

Hip-Hop has lost yet another musical and cultural icon. Rapper, beat-boxer, archivist, producer and songwriter, Biz Markie passed away on July 16th at a Baltimore hospital. His wife Tara Hall was by his side and held his hand as the rap legend took his last breath. He was 57. The rapper had been battling a decade long bout with his health after being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. In April of 2020, he was admitted to the hospital due to complications from diabetes. There were reports that he had suffered a stroke and that he had been in a diabetic …