In the late 1980s, Dr. Dre and N.W.A. led a movement that put Compton, California on the map for Rap fans. Dre and his crew described a place with vivid detail—from its hard-nosed reputation to the perils of life in the street. That movement ultimately propped the door for artists like DJ Quik, The Game, and some years later—Kendrick Lamar. Thirty years later, Westside Gunn, Conway The Machine, and Benny The Butcher brought Buffalo, New York into new perspective. Three talented MCs from Western New York rapped accounts of life in the cold streets where hustling comes with taking life-or-death chances. This Griselda Records movement gave shine to a plethora of deserving MCs from the region, who got recognition from powerful association.
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