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How Atlanta became America’s ‘Rap Capital’ (Rebroadcast)
2023 will mark fifty years for the reason that beginning of hip-hop.
What began at home events in New York Metropolis has changed into one of the crucial fashionable music genres on the earth. However the tales of those that contributed to the rise of hip-hop had been typically missed.
In his new guide, “The Come Up,” journalist Jonathan Abrams chronicles the historical past of hip-hop and people who constructed it.
And though hip-hop’s roots are undoubtedly in New York, Atlanta has rapidly grow to be the epicenter for rap music in America. In “Rap Capital: An Atlanta Story,” Joe Coscarelli explores how we acquired right here.
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