Hip Hop at Middle Age Rap Pioneers Look Back and Ahead
Hip-Hop at Middle Age: Rap Pioneers Look Back and Ahead
Hip-Hop at Middle Age Rap Pioneers Reflect
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Is hip-hop really middle-aged? The first rap records were released in the 1970s, born out of a do-it-yourself urban culture where DJs replaced bands and kids expressed themselves by crafting raucous rhymes to flow over records’ beats. Many of the genre’s early creators are still around, recording and performing, or have turned their success in music to other frontiers– film, TV, media, business, even the ministry. AARP spoke to some of the pioneers of rap about the musical movement that took the world by storm, and where it stands today.
Trailblazers of the musical movement talk about their journey, and the road ahead
The cofounder of Cypress Hill tells AARP how he developed his unique rapping style
The 48-year-old on finding new purpose with ‘YoYo’s School of Hip-Hop'
Now 55, Darryl McDaniels reflects on life as a rap pioneer, even as he had to hide it from his parents
Rap innovator reflects on a difficult youth and how music helped him find his way
From 'Pigmeat' Markham to Lil Nas X, explore the path of this American art form
At 60 years old, the rapper-turned-minister takes on a new challenge: running a museum
The leader of the Wu-Tang Clan tells AARP about his second act in filmmaking
Hip-Hop at Middle Age Rap' s Second Act
How rap pioneers are reinventing themselves
Rakim Was First Rap MC to Get a $1 Million Contract
The rap innovator reflects on his rise to fame
Rapper YoYo Demanded Respect From Mentor Ice Cube
On representing women in a hypermasculine industry
DMC Became the King of Rock by Pretending
Run-DMC's Darryl McDaniels, 55, reveals how comic books fueled his success
Cypress Hill s B-Real on His Distinctive Voice
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