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OutKast, Contextually
The four rail lines that make up the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) meet at Five Points Station. The station, which was opened in 1979 and later added North-South lines in 1981,...
View ArticleWatch a 17-Year-Old Rapper Prove His Unreal Freestyles Are Legit
When 17-year-old L.A. rapper Jamal Gutierrez (a.k.a. A-F-R-O) released a controversial freestyle on R.A. the Rugged Man's YouTube channel last month, no one seemed to believe the kid's multisyllabic...
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Poking Fun at Death: A Conversation with Flying Lotus
Music producer Steven Ellison, also known as Flying Lotus, has the kind of career that contemporary artists dream of. He's respected, acclaimed, constantly working, and seems to be having a great...
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Report: Someone Tried to Kill Freddie Gibbs in Brooklyn Last Night
Gary, Indiana's finest rapper, Freddie Gibbs, had a show in Williamsburg, Brooklyn last night. Someone reportedly started shooting at him, hitting two people in his entourage. Read more...
View ArticleThere's a new unreleased track from Big Pun out today, which is 1000 times...
There's a new unreleased track from Big Pun out today, which is 1000 times more exciting than a new unreleased track from Tupac.Read more...
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U.S. Covertly Infiltrated Cuba's Hip Hop Scene in Anti-Castro Operation
The United States Agency for International Development—the same government agency that funded "Cuban Twitter" and sent undercover youths to stoke civil unrest in the country —infiltrated Cuba's hip...
View Article"A rapper known as Wais P the Pimp, who contributed to Jay-Z tracks in the...
"A rapper known as Wais P the Pimp, who contributed to Jay-Z tracks in the 90s, was charged with promoting prostitution on Thursday, police said."Read more...
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Freedom Song: A Conversation About the State of Black Liberation Music
In the lyric pamphlet to Black Messiah, D'Angelo's third album after 14 years away from the spotlight, the soul-savant explains his reasoning behind its title and sudden release: "Some will jump to the...
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Tupac Is Alive (and Probably Living in Cuba): A Conspiracy, Explained
On Me Against the World, the 1995 album from Tupac Shakur, the prodigious rapper foretells his death. "I'm having visions of leaving here in a hearse/ God can ya feel me?/ Take me away from all the...
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Here Is Marco Rubio Pretending to Know About Wu-Tang and Rap in General
Did you go to a fratty mid-Atlantic college in the late ’90s, have a Bob Marley blacklight poster, and squee to MTV Party to Go Platinum Remix while drinking Red Stripe at parties? Congratulations,...
View ArticleBrooklynites answer: What did Sean Price mean to you?
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View Article“They told us in J-school, to make it is not common/ And if you do, get used...
“They told us in J-school, to make it is not common/ And if you do, get used to the taste of Top Ramen/ Go to the first place that likes your resume tape/ It’ll be a small town there the weather ain’t...
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The Republican View of Straight Outta Compton: "Black Hoodlums" Are Bad
What was the lesson of Straight Outta Compton? Was it that... “black hoodlums” are the real problem, in America? If you said “yes,” you could write for the prestigious Wall Street Journal!Read more...
View Article“A rhythmic monologue to a musical accompaniment.”
“A rhythmic monologue to a musical accompaniment.” Ratter has a compilation of the ways in which baffled newspapers of the early 1980s described “rap music,” a hot new urban youth trend that was just...
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Money, Karma, Respect: A Hip-Hop Pioneer Peers Into the Future
The idea of a psychic/intuitive and reader of tarot cards and a certifiable hip-hop icon speaking on anything let alone karma and fate sounds like the beginning of a very bad joke. “So, a psychic and a...
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A Miseducation in Memphis
I was born in North Memphis, right before the Sears Crosstown closed. My upbringing was marked by two decades of declining employment opportunities and home ownership. It was also marked by scenes of...
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Meet Ben Carson's Republican Christian Rapper Friend, Aspiring Mogul
Ben Carson’s new “urban” radio ad drops Friday in eight cities, including Miami, Atlanta, and Houston, with the goal of reaching out to young black voters who, the Carson campaign admits, are “a...
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This "Hamilton" Shit Has Really Gone Too Far
Yeah I saw it and it was a good musical and all that but come on. Read more...
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Profoundly Wack College Students Get Action Bronson Disinvited From Campus...
Tipper Gore’s spiritual descendants are 20 year-old college kids. College kids are the new moms. Read more...
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Thirsty Rapper Announces Plan for "I Wanna Fuck P. Diddy" Kickstarter
"Yeah, I'd fuck Diddy," says Los Angeles-based battle rapper Daylyt in this new VladTV interview. "I'm not gonna front, I'd fuck the shit out of Diddy...Like, why not? Diddy's attractive. Get him off,...
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Straight Guys Sure Ask Gay Guys Some Dumb Questions
Rapper Cakes da Killa appeared on The Hot 97 Morning Show last week, despite not having a song on the New York hip-hop station's playlist. The reason hosts Ebro Darden and Peter Rosenberg invited...
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Rap Does Not Cause Crime
Do crime rates and rap lyrics about crime rates rise and fall in tandem? Read more...
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