Hip-Hop’s 50-Year Power Struggle
Designer hoodies, oversized logos, luxury tracksuits and the cult of the sneakerhead. It’s likely none of these would exist without the influence of hip hop. In fact, the fashion industry exists in it...
27 Des 202244min
X-Girl to E-Girl: Girlhood goes Global
The e-girl is one of the most pervasive internet subcultures we have today. But the e-girl didn’t appear out of nowhere - her origins lie in aesthetic styles which emerged during third wave feminism i...
20 Des 202230min
How Dancehall took over the World
Even if it doesn’t always get the credit it deserves, the influence of Dancehall can be felt throughout the entirety of mainstream pop culture today. The sound percolates through Rihanna, Justin Biebe...
13 Des 202229min
Jungle, Garage and the Birth of Grime
Hailing from London’s East End, grime is a genre that exploded into the cultural mainframe in 2014 with Skepta and JME’s That’s Not Me. Speaking to both the cultural moment - with the rise of social m...
6 Des 202232min
