The soundtrack also featured pioneers like Queen Latifah and even an appearance by 2 Live Crew. One could argue that 1998's Belly is the first fully "hip-hop" movie (besides Wild Style in the '80s).

The music heard in movies serves several purposes ... and setting the overall tone. As hip-hop has continued to grow over the last few decades, rappers have contributed songs to soundtracks ...

Since the mid-1980s when hip-hop fully entered the popular culture, filmmakers have been including dope beats and great rhymes in the soundtracks of their movies, creating some of the best ...