Rap’s breakthrough cable TV show, PM Dawn’s debut and the unlikeliest superhero that only Robert Townsend could dream of all were introduced to the world on this eventful day — and we’re just getting started with today's hip-hop history.
From 2 Pac and Ice Cube to KRS-One, Public Enemy, Scarface, and JAY-Z, these are liberation and resistance songs from the other America— Black America.