West Coast Latin hip-hop suffers a similar flattening ... each Thursday night were frequently described as the "conscious, Afrocentric alternative" to the "vulgar" and "nihilistic" gangsta ...

With hip-hop being so new, shoe brands were still ... attire being popularized by the likes of Queen Latifah and other Afrocentric rappers like her, it was especially common for the leather ...

Who do you consider a hip-hop style pioneer? Queen Latifah’s Afrocentric style. It’s important because she was celebrating the African diaspora and our lineage and she helped bring that into ...

the Afrocentric, conscious-minded rap collective that included De La Soul, Monie Love, A Tribe Called Quest, and the Jungle Brothers. She also mentored new hip-hop talent; it was Latifah who ...

Women in hip hop have offered up some of the most thrilling ... Pepa and DJ Spinderella wore color-blocked jackets, dookie chains, Afrocentric patterns, and blunt colorful hairstyles.

and Jarobi White — collectively known as A Tribe Called Quest — have been widely celebrated for their Afrocentric, neo-soul approach to hip-hop. "The rappers from Tribe were far from urban ...

In a recently circulated interview, veteran artist and hip-hop historian Paradise Gray of the Afrocentric rap group X Clan asserts, “None of us invented anything. ... Whatever was going on in ...

With hip-hop officially turning 50 years old this ... bringing an offbeat and Afrocentric sensibility to a series of classic albums by Long Island’s playfully psychedelic De La Soul, the ...

As the group’s most popular work, this album marked the height of Hip Hop’s Afrocentric/hippie movement. Commercially, Midnight Marauders is the A Tribe Called Quest’s highest selling album.

During the late 80s, Hip-Hop was in a mode of transition for white ... discussed things going on in their hood and expressed an Afrocentric way of life. It was something totally unique at the ...