Is it safe to say Dr Dre’s The Chronic is responsible for hip hop going mainstream?

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Beastie Boys had a diamond plaque before they left the 80s

 

[DaKidFromNoWhere]

Just overlook Run DMC bruh

 

[Iverson_64]

Initially, I would say Run DMC.

But the deaths of Tupac and Biggie mark the era where hip hop officially dominated over rock and the genre became bigger than ever before with a grimy dude like DMX being able to do pop star numbers without even pandering to White folks.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

 

[Bolzmark]

SMH @ these lil young boys. The answer is Run-DMC. Almost a decade before The Chronic came out

 

[get these nets]

SMH @ these lil young boys. The answer is Run-DMC. Almost a decade before The Chronic came out

For a hip hop centered forum, always surprises me that basic details about hip hop history are overlooked here.

 

[NoirDynosaur]

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