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This is a list of American hip-hop musicians from New York City, New York This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
This article contains a list of bands formed in New York City, New York. Bands should be notable and linked to their articles which lists their New York origins in the lead. References should be provided for any new entries on this list. Bands may be temporarily red-linked (while an article is developed) as long as the reference establishes ...
Pages in category "Hip-hop groups from New York City" The following 113 pages are in this category, out of 113 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 2007, Run-DMC was named "The Greatest Hip Hop Group of All Time" by MTV.com and "Greatest Hip Hop Artist of All Time" by VH1. [10] [9] In 2009, Run-DMC became the second hip hop group to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. [11] In 2016, Run-DMC received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. [12]
In 1996, CMJ New Music Monthly placed the album All We Got Iz Us in their list The 25 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 1995. [97] In 2014, #WakeDaFucUp was named as one of the best hip-hop albums of 2014 by XXL. [38] In 2020, SnowMads was chosen as "The Best Rap Album of 2019: Readers' Choice" by the Russian website Rap.Ru. [55]
Philadelphia and the site of the first all-hip-hop nightclub, After Midnight, which changed to an all-rap format in 1984, one year before the Latin Quarter in Manhattan.
The group's original name was the X-Men, named after the Marvel Comics superhero team. The "X-Men" name was chosen by the crew partly because of their rivalry with DJ Clark Kent and his crew of DJs, known as the Supermen, named after DC Comics' Superman. The X-Men later changed their name to the X-Ecutioners for trademark reasons. [2]
New York has been a center for the American music industry since the earliest records in the early 20th century. Since then, a number of companies and organizations have set up headquarters in New York, from the Tin Pan Alley publishers and Broadway to modern independent rock and hip-hop labels, non-profit organizations, and others.