Born in 1977, the hip-hop artist Kanye West began his career producing for Jay-Z and others, and then branched out - in the early 2000s - to launch his own career, with such EPs as The College Dropout (2004) and Late Registration (2005). Read More
In September 2004, comedian Dave Chappelle took a break from his immensely successful Comedy Central show to stage a free, unpublicized, all-star hip-hop concert in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY.…Read More