![]() ![]() He's part of an early hip-hop vanguard that has taken the culture from print magazines to multimedia platforms. Coming on the heels of rap's explosive takeover as the most-consumed genre in the U.S., the new series proves that music streaming services like Spotify aren't the only platforms positioning themselves to profit from the newly crowned content king. Increasingly, it's mainstream media that's doing the crossing over. More than coincidence, Rapture feels like a fitting title for a series that sets out to capture how this nascent New York subculture has become a dominant cultural force, in America and beyond. His latest contribution is an eight-part Netflix docuseries titled Rapture, executive produced in part by Jenkins, that offers deep-dive profiles on contemporary artists including Rapsody, G-Eazy, T.I. ![]() even among the original generation of hip-hop journalists, has been documenting the culture from the inside out since its golden era. Today, rap regularly owns the top 10 and Jenkins, an O.G. An early harbinger of hip-hop's crossover appeal, it became the first song featuring rap vocals to reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100. ![]() Sacha Jenkins was just a nine-year-old kid coming of age in Queens, New York when Blondie's "Rapture" broke big in 1981. Sacha Jenkins adds the docuseries Rapture to his 30-year career covering hip-hop. ![]()
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