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Explore the challenges of documenting hip-hop history and the importance of accurately representing the genre's contributions to American culture.
Artist and curator Dan Drossman is hosting a two-day pop-up exhibition from 4 to 9 p.m. April 12, and noon to 4 p.m. April 13 ...
In celebration of Cypress Hill‘s seminal sophomore effort Black Sunday, the rap group announced it'll be launching a new ...
The YouTube star PlaqueBoyMax built his following the usual way, livestreaming opinions on music and news. What's unusual is ...
Hip-hop is, in part, a response to this history. At its best, hip-hop documents American life more reliably than American history. Some academic publishers have started to embrace this reality.
In this exclusive Boardroom Cover Story ... place in hip-hop history, comparing their impact to iconic groups like OutKast and Wu-Tang Clan, and how that legacy will shape rap for years to ...
On Mojo Jojo, the fifth track on Playboi Carti’s Music, there’s Kendrick Lamar – hip-hop’s reigning global ... and missed (the title on the album cover is a relic from that period ...
Harsh as these songs are, the slogan “I Am Music”—written on the album cover—works on a few levels ... as attested by the album’s features by hip-hop’s reigning guard: Lamar, Future ...
Saba and No ID are two legends of Chicago hip-hop, from two different generations. Saba is the cerebral rap poet who made his ... long-awaited collaboration album, From the Private Collection ...
This extensive format harkens back to an earlier era in hip-hop, when double and occasionally triple albums served as comprehensive artistic statements. Industry analysts note that such an ambitio ...