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.

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

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

Jeff Weiss on Instagram: In honor of Hip-Hop's 50th Anniversary, NPR Music asked for the impossible task of condensing the last half-century of L.A. hip-hop into something concise enough to read on

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50 Years of Hip-Hop : NPR

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

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

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