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"From the Basement to the Culture: How ‘Rap City’ Became Hip-Hop’s Eternal Pulse"
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"From the Basement to the Culture: How ‘Rap City’ Became Hip-Hop’s Eternal Pulse"
Rap City was proof. By the time the show made its BET debut on Aug. 11, 1989, hip-hop was the rallying cry of Black America, reduced to a catchy whisper throughout mainstream America. The Grammys wouldn’t air our awards. Radio rarely played our music. MTV birthed Yo! MTV Raps in 1988, years after music titans like Rick James and David Bowie questioned the network’s apparent erasure of Black artists. To many, hip-hop was a fad. Rap City was proof…
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