Biggie and Diddy at the 11th Annual Soul Train Music Awards in 1997
Although hip-hop is the most dominant and influential musical genre in America today, it was still a burgeoning category in the early 1990s. Acts and artists like Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls, Dr. Dre, and Snoop Dogg were just getting started. Their rise was fast, and by the close of the decade, they had become household names. Today, they’re icons even the late ones. As these few photos from the ’90s show, these stars all looked like stars right from the very start.
Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg backstage at the Source Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 3, 1995 in New York City. Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg at the 23rd Annual American Music Awards in 1996. Mc Hammer was the man in the middle. Method Man and Redman on November 1, 1993 in New York City.Lauryn Hill performing in 1990Lil’ Kim one of the female Mc’s who gave the industry a very big feminine boost.
