Saddam Hussein's army in Iraq invaded and occupied Kuwait in 1990, kicking off what would ultimately lead to the U.S. lead coalition of the first Iraq War. That... Read More...
Over the past 40 years, hip-hop has gone from an outlier in the music world, to taking over mainstream pop culture, to its current status of being more of a sid... Read More...
"1989! Another... another summer." Except that it was anything but "another summer." As Public Enemy's message of political revolt in "Fight the Power" inspired... Read More...
These "rewind" columns are a chance to take a look back at hip-hop history, but they also allow me to point out events that were going on in the world that shap... Read More...
1987 was a pretty good year for hip-hop AND for motion pictures. That was a pretty pivotal year for me - my first as a teenager - and at a time in my life where... Read More...
In some ways I envy those of you who weren't alive in 1986. The Chernobyl disaster instilled a life-long fear of nuclear power in me that I've never quite comes... Read More...
