Today, we can hear hip-hop wherever we go, from popular rappers to pop music in general. But in 1998, two MC’s from New York City – Mos Def and Talib Kwali – were rapping for reasons other than popular appeal, though they did succeed at that too. As Black Star, the duo of soon-to-be-legendary rappers rhymed about the dangers of real life in bad neighborhoods in big cities, about inauthentic representations of their music form and about keeping hip-hop true to its purpose of uniting marginalized communities through music. Here’s “Definition” by Black Star for our ThrowbackThursday jam.

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS

If you used to or still jam out to All the Small Things or Bored to Death, raise a glass to celebrate Blink-182 Day!

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COFFEE QUOTE

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY

On this day in 1859, adrenaline junky Jean-Francois Gravelet insanely walked across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. That sh*t cray.

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HIGH FIVE

Thanks for the bbq Kathryn Lyons.

Francis Cunningham is taking DC by storm.

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