Throughout the late ‘80s, one pop-culture trend started to become unmissable: the rise of hip-hop. Born in New York City at parties in the Bronx, the subculture quickly moved into the mainstream. By 1990, a show called The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air debuted, introducing the world to Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff, while Yo! MTV Raps and In Living Color created places where kids and teens could watch hip-hop every day, even if their lives couldn’t be farther from what was happening in New York.
