Boogie Down Bronx Tee

The Bronx has a strong history in Black culture. In the 1970s, New York City’s northernmost borough fostered the newly emerging hip-hop music and cultural scene. During this time, the Bronx was beset with poverty, drugs, and gang culture, but was also home to a strong, diverse, family-oriented community. Hip-hop artists gave voice to these contradictions by offering a potent mix of anger, aspiration, hope, and despair. ~National Museum of African American History and Culture