Tag: Rap and Hip-Hop

Jamel Shabazz: Proud Street Culture on Display

When Jamel Shabazz was a teenager in Brooklyn, a gang member opened…

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The Grammys, Always Unpredictable, Face New Surprises

Follow our live coverage of the 2022 Grammy Awards.This was supposed to…

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Harry Styles Tries On Synth-Pop, and 13 More New Songs

In “As It Was,” Harry Styles latches on to the kind of…

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Kanye West Always Wanted You to Watch

Cameras are not neutral — they change their subject. But while everyone…

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At the Super Bowl, Nostalgia’s the Only Game

“This is the millennium of Aftermath.” When Dr. Dre rapped that line…

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Rap Takes Over Super Bowl Halftime, Balancing Celebration and Protest

Leading up to Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show, much ado was made…

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Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg Headline Halftime Show As Eminem Takes a Knee

Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar — three titans of Los…

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Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran Up the Ante, and 13 More New Songs

Ed Sheeran resorted to well-used card-deck analogies in “The Joker and the…

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Cardi B Awarded $1.25 Million in Libel Lawsuit Against Blogger Tasha K

A federal jury awarded the rapper Cardi B around $4 million in…

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