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House of '98
Culture
How artists emerged in the late ’90s to challenge the gangsta narrative in hip-hop
After years of ‘bubbling under,’ some rap acts, including Jay-Z, Master P and Outkast, broke through in spectacular fashion
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Diddy’s White Party kicked in the door, announcing ‘we up in here’
From 1998 until 2009, his White Parties hopped from one exclusive location to the next with a strict all-white dress code
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The haunting prescience of ‘Enemy of the State’
Before the Patriot Act, before Edward Snowden, this Will Smith movie was asking important questions
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On TV, a fledgling UPN tried to follow NBC and Fox with black programming
Shows like ‘In the House’ and ‘Moesha’ brought viewers, but it wasn’t enough
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Aux Cord Chronicles XX: The sounds of 1998
OutKast, DMX, Janet Jackson, Lauryn Hill, Master P and ‘Vol. 2’ from Jay-Z made this one major year in music