Hip-Hop Made

Continuing with our celebration of 50 years of Hip-Hop, rapper, actor, and activist. Killer Mike tells us about the Hip-Hop song he first heard that changed his life.

Continuing Audacy's celebration of 50 years of Hip-Hop on 'Hip-Hop Made,' football star Richard Sherman discusses the genre's influence on his upbringing. "They were speaking about what you were seeing every day,” he shares.

Joining in on Audacy's celebration of 50 years of Hip-Hop on 'Hip-Hop Made,' Tha Dogg Pound 's Kurupt and Daz Dillinger tell us what their first intro to the genre was and what moment in history made them say, "This is Hip-Hop."

Back with another installment of Hip-Hop Made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the birth of Hip-Hop, we linked up with Young Dro  and he shared with us what song made him fall in love with the genre and Atlanta's place in Hip-Hop culture. Born D'Juan Montrel Hart, from the westside of Bankhead, Young Dro has been making a name for himself in the Atlanta rap scene and in Hip-Hop since 2002. T...

Joining in on the celebration of 50 years of Hip-Hop, Miami rap royalty  Trina  shared her “this is Hip-Hop” moment and the superiority of Hip-Hop from the ATL and Miami, during a recent talk with Audacy. “Back in the day we was having a big concert in Miami and I got a phone call that  JAY-Z  wanted to bring out me and  Trick Daddy  at his concert. So thats when I knew that this was Hip-Hop." Tri...

Joining in on the celebration of 50 years of Hip-Hop, Cali rapper  Xzibit  shared the first song he heard that made him fall in love with Hip-Hop, his biggest Hip-Hop influences, and how Hip-Hop changed and shaped his life during a recent talk with Audacy. “We can’t start with me, cause y’know Hip-Hop turning 50 years old it still has the lifespan of a human who could still be with us today. So th...

Continuing with Audacy's celebration of 50 years of Hip Hop on 'Hip-Hop Made,' southern rapper Jeezy tells us about the organic and uncompromising sound of the ATL.

Continuing with Audacy's celebration of 50 years of Hip Hop on 'Hip-Hop Made,' southern rapper Jeezy tells us his favorite Hip Hop song, one he was just listening to in the car on his way to see us.

Continuing with Audacy's celebration of 50 years of Hip Hop on 'Hip-Hop Made,' West Coast icons Bone Thugs-N-Harmony tells us how the group came to be. "We all started in like junior high, like seventh grade, I had a class with both of these dudes right here, that's how it all started,”  Krayzie Bone recalled.

Continuing with Audacy's celebration of 50 years of Hip Hop on 'Hip-Hop Made,' West Coast icons Bone Thugs-N-Harmony tells us how the group has managed to avoid battling it out with their contemporaries. "We’ve been blessed man," the group shared, "although there’s been many beefs in Hip-Hop, we’ve been blessed to dodge all of them… We’ve had our fair share of beefs but now the people we beefed wi...

Continuing with Audacy's celebration of 50 years of Hip Hop on 'Hip-Hop Made,' Jadakiss shares the first song that made him fall in love with the genre. He takes us back to being young and in his uncle's room and remembers listening to Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five's "The Message," it was at that moment he knew he "needed to be a part of Hip-Hop."

Continuing with Audacy's celebration of 50 years of Hip Hop on 'Hip-Hop Made,' Jadakiss shares what Hip-Hop means to him. During a performance at the New York City night club, The Tunnel, Puff Daddy aka Sean Combs lost an $80,000 Rolex watch, "and it didn't bother him at all as long as we killed the show," and in this moment Jadakiss knew that "this was Hip-Hop."

Joining in on the celebration of 50 years of Hip-Hop, Harlem bred rapper Cam’ron  shared the first song (or two) that made him fall in love with Hip-Hop, and a moment in his life that made him say “this is Hip-Hop.” “The first song I ever heard the made me fall in love with Hip-Hop was ‘AJ,’” talking about “AJ Scratch” and  “a song called ‘Basketball’ by  Kurtis Blow . I was about five or six year...

This year as we celebrate 50 years of Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop legend Ice Cube  shared with us his biggest Hip-Hop influences, the important message behind one of his favorite tracks, and how it shaped him as an artist. “I would say  Melle Mel ,  Run-D.M.C. , and  Slick Rick ,  Doug E. Fresh ,  Biz Markie  — the early pioneers that started to make records. Of course, I wasn’t around when they started to d...

Continuing our celebration of 50 years of Hip-Hop on Audacy's 'Hip-Hop Made,' rapper 21 Savage explains why Atlanta Hip-Hop's hustle is untouchable.

Continuing our celebration of 50 years of Hip-Hop on Audacy's 'Hip-Hop Made,' rapper 2 Chainz tells us what Hip-Hop means to him and his immediate family.

As we continue to celebrate 50 years of Hip-Hop on Audacy's 'Hip-Hop Made,' rapper 2 Chainz remembers the first Hip-Hop songs that made him want to get into the game.

We continue to celebrate the 50 years of a groundbreaking, culture-shifting movement of Hip-Hop, so we’re back with more from  Hip-Hop Made  and we’ve got the originator of booty-shaking music, The 2 Live Crew ’s Mr. Mixx  to talk about how Miami got its foot in the door in the world of Hip-Hop and the creation of “Miami bass.” Taking it back to about 1985, David Hobbs (Mr. Mixx) and  Christopher...

Looking back with Macklemore as Audacy celebrates 50 years of Hip Hop as he remembers the very first Hip-Hop concert he ever attended.

Macklemore remembers the very first Hip-Hop record he ever got his hands on at the age of 8, looking back with Audacy on 50 years of Hip-Hop.

Macklemore looks back at the very first Hip-Hop single that landed on his ears.

This year we celebrate 50 years of Hip-Hop. Born at a birthday party in the rec room of an apartment building in The Bronx, New York City on August 11, 1973 -- Hip-Hop's cultural impact is still growing and rising to new heights as one of the most influential musical art forms. Joining in on the celebration and conversation, Hip-Hop legend Big Daddy Kane shared what made him realize that Hip-Hop w...

All year long, Audacy is celebrating the first 50 years of Hip-Hop. Follow along on audacy.com/hiphopmade.

Back with another installment of Hip-Hop Made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the birth of Hip-Hop born in 1973 in the Bronx, New York, we sat down with  Vin Rock  and  DJ Kay Gee of the rap trio Naughty by Nature  to talk about what music made them fall in love with Hip-Hop and their place in Hip-Hop’s legacy. I’m sure you can guess what song originally made both of them fall in love with...

All year long, Audacy is celebrating the first 50 years of Hip-Hop. Follow along on audacy.com/hiphopmade.