LZ Granderson: Hip-hop is turning 50, and its work is not yet done
Dear hip-hop, I can't believe you're 50. Five decades of moving the crowd — starting with DJ Kool Herc's house parties at 1520 Sedgwick Ave. in the Bronx back in '73 — and look at you now … not a single wrinkle. But there are a few scars. Some of them were self-inflicted, like the perpetuation and monetization of the East Coast-versus-West Coast rivalry. Most others stem from outsiders trying ...
Dear hip-hop,
I can't believe you're 50.
Five decades of moving the crowd — starting with DJ Kool Herc's house parties at 1520 Sedgwick Ave. in the Bronx back in '73 — and look at you now … not a single wrinkle.
But there are a few scars.
Some of them were self-inflicted, like the perpetuation and monetization of the East Coast-versus-West Coast rivalry. Most others stem from outsiders trying to silence you. Like when the Grammys waited until you were old enough to drive
