The hip-hop heritage society

Why aren't Public Enemy, Boogie Down Productions and other classic hip-hop acts lovingly reissued in the same way as other genres? Because guardians of rap's heritage need to be crate-diggers, lawyers and counsellors all in oneOn the last Saturday of August, tens of thousands of hip-hop fans loaded themselves on to a fleet of ferries and headed to an uninhabited island. A mile off the southern tip of Manhattan, Governors Island may be just a few minutes from hip-hop's birthplace, but it still se...

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