It Came From the Sky: The Mind of Laraaji
Few places changed as much as New York between the years of 1978, when the roaring tenure of mayor Ed Koch began, and 1990, the start of the considerably less-inspiring Rudy Giulianni era. New York was a national bellwether and a place of cautionary tales, a wellspring of new ideas brilliant and horrific, a city that seemed to rewrite its history and future with each passing moment. Hip hop fomented […]