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Culture Doesn’t Disappear. It Becomes Source Material.
Nearly 20 years ago, I met Shawty Lo at Atlanta’s V-103 on the day he brought “Dey Know” to DJ Greg Street. Hearing Kirk Franklin’s new record featuring GloRilla brought that memory rushing back—and raised a bigger question about how today’s music becomes tomorrow’s cultural history.
Hip Hop Doesn’t Need Permission to Become History
At 53 years old, Hip Hop has reached a point where preserving the culture can’t simply mean waiting for museums, universities and other established institutions to tell us what mattered. We have to build our own rituals for remembering, and support the institutions created from inside the culture to do that work. Protect Hip HopContinueContinue reading “Hip Hop Doesn’t Need Permission to Become History”
The G6 Is Back. But What Reebok Really Brought Back Is a Moment When Hip Hop Owned the Shoe.
There are sneakers that remind you of a particular year. Original G-Unit Reebok courtesy of DJ OakCliff713 Then there are sneakers that remind you of what was possible. The Reebok G-Unit G6 belongs in the second category. More than two decades after its original release, 50 Cent and Reebok have brought the G6 back inContinueContinue reading “The G6 Is Back. But What Reebok Really Brought Back Is a Moment When Hip Hop Owned the Shoe.”
