In 2023, we celebrate hip hop being an enormous global movement for 50 years. In its five decades of existence, hip hop has uplifted minority voices, provided a space for people to channel emotions and artistic expressions, mobilized political actions amongst other wonderful things. Hip hop has produced and nurtured a great many influential figures in our contemporary world and has changed lives for the better for thousands. This playlist, consisting of songs over five decades, hopefully will bring a picture of the evolution of hip hop music and serves to honor the culture that has made the world a better place. LISTEN HERE

*Playlists are arranged by our student/guest curators and may contain explicit lyrics/content.