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Review: Hip-hop's travels, from Queens to L.A. to Houston, get their due in an oral history

Por: Los Angeles Times Entertainment October 24, 2022

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Heated words have been exchanged and egos bruised over the question of where hip-hop was born (most accurate answer: the Bronx). Jonathan Abrams touches on such matters in “The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop.” But he also does something far more rewarding, pinpointing a series of cultural detonations, or chain reactions, that started in New York, jumped to Los Angeles and spread to anywhere and everywhere that had creative... + full article



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