hip hop history
The Hip Hop Museum now lists a 2027 opening. Here’s what is confirmed, what the Culture Lab offers, and why preserving hip-hop history matters.
FX’s The Drop: A Snowfall Saga reunites Wanda and Leon in 1990s Los Angeles, where the fallout of the crack era collides with the rise of West Coast rap.
FEATURED IMAGE ALT TEXT: Ground Up Radio graphic for The Drop: A Snowfall Saga with a boombox and the words “Snowfall Enters the Rap Era.”
Nearly 30 years after his murder, the Tupac trial opens Aug 17, 2026. Hip-hop gets its day in court, but healing depends on how we preserve our own history.
Long-awaited trial begins in rapper Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing in Las Vegas. Opening statements officially began Monday, Aug. 17, as prosecutors fight to prove Duane Keith “Keffe D” Davis provided the gun and instructed members of the South Side Compton Crips.
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