The future of hip-hop: New York

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Homophobia and misogyny are ingrained in hip-hop. But a new generation of women and queer artists are determined to challenge the status quo. Cakes Da Killa is an openly gay rapper who has been recording for more than a decade. In this two-part series he talks to female stars like number one artist Latto, and queer rappers like Ripparachie to find out how far they have come, the issues they still face and where they are going next.

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0:00.0	What's up y'all, I'm Renee Montgomery,
0:02.0	and my podcast Untold Legends,
0:03.9	Aura is available now.
0:06.6	I'm looking back on the life
0:08.1	of one of the most extraordinary
0:09.8	black female sport stars of the 20th century,
0:13.2	whose name has been all but forgotten.
0:16.0	Aura Washington.
0:17.9	Stay listening at the end of this podcast to find out more.
0:20.9	I'm Kixie Killa, and I've been making hip-hop for the last 10 years.
0:33.3	Eight O'8's, Fash and a Romance.
0:41.5	Growing up in the 90s, hip-hop was the sound that filled every block of my neighborhood,
0:45.4	pouring out of car radios and speaker boxes.
0:47.8	I couldn't have waited if I wanted to.
0:50.1	The sound of MCs spitting over beats was everywhere,
0:53.0	thanks to the skills of heavyweights like Biggie, Juvenile, Foxy Brown, and Missy,
0:57.2	influencing the way we dance, talk, walk, and dress.
1:00.2	It was all a dream.
1:01.5	I used to read Word Up magazine, something pepper, and heavy D up in the limousine,
1:06.4	hanging pictures on my wall.
1:07.7	Hip-hop was flourishing, changing from an underground art form,
1:11.2	created on block parties and pool halls, skyrocketing into the mainstream,
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