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West Coast Hip Hop's Roots In Revolution
FromHow To LA
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Length:
25 minutes
Released:
Aug 10, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
#133: We're staying on the hip hop beat in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the genre! (Check out our first episode on the origins of the West Coast sound with the Godfather of West Coast hip hop, Alonzo Williams).
Today, How To LA speaks to historian, hip hop fanatic, and expert on Black culture from the millennial vantage point: Tyree Boyd Pates. We dive deeper into the impact and evolution of west coast hip hop, the power of speaking truth to power with a beat, its roots in Black America and its spread to global pop domination.
Guest: Tyree Boyd Pates, history curator, professor, writer, and speaker on Black culture.
Today, How To LA speaks to historian, hip hop fanatic, and expert on Black culture from the millennial vantage point: Tyree Boyd Pates. We dive deeper into the impact and evolution of west coast hip hop, the power of speaking truth to power with a beat, its roots in Black America and its spread to global pop domination.
Guest: Tyree Boyd Pates, history curator, professor, writer, and speaker on Black culture.
Released:
Aug 10, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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