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Hip Hop: The Empire State Strikes Back

Angus Batey, Vox, August 1995

Snoop and Dr Dre's tales of the 'hoods of South Central may have redirected the media's fickle attention to the West Coast, but New York is reclaiming its status as rap's spiritual home...

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