He was a classicist, a venerator of early-1990s New York hip-hop whose rugged beats and hard-boiled subject matter are as ...

is an avid lover of '90s hip-hop and saw an opportunity to bridge the gap between her two loves, women's sports and music. "New York is full of rich culture, and hip-hop is a key ingredient," she ...

He was a classicist, a venerator of early-1990s New York hip-hop whose rugged beats and hard-boiled subject matter are as distant from today’s music mainstream as doo-wop was from the ’90s.