'A Great Day in Hip Hop': A photo (and music) bound in amber
Gordon Parks' photo from September 29, 1998 is an artifact of the last great day in hip-hop music.
I did not realize it then, but September 29, 1998, was the beginning of the end of hip-hop as I understood it growing up.
The following isn't a "hip-hop is dead" piece. Hip-hop music, and its grounding culture, has its struggles here and there—and is in a weird phase right now—but it is quite fine. Yet, in …
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