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Today In Hip Hop History: Cult Classic ‘Beat Street’ Premiered In Theaters 40 Years Ago

Sha Be Allah | June 8, 2023

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On this day in Hip-Hop history, one of the most important films for Hip Hop culture was released in theaters around the globe. The Stan Lathan-directed Beat Street was a film that was able to help Hip Hop culture as a whole breakthrough into the mainstream market and showed a side of the scene that those […]

Uncle Rush Turns 60 Today!

Sourcestaff | October 4, 2017

Words by Shanice Stephanie & NDSmith Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Russell Simmons aka Uncle Rush turns 60 today! Born on this day in 1957, a Hollis, Queens native turned a side-college hustle into a cultural phenomenon and became the face of “The Hip-Hop Mogul”. Simmons is one of the man players that changed the […]