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Tyler and his friends called their shot when they named their group Odd Future as teenagers; they set out to turn the rap world on its head, and Tyler, their de facto leader, rose to a level of ...
Y’all gotta be out y’all rabbit a$$ minds.” One more added a slew of other women in rap to their complaints, writing, “where is lil kim, nicki minaj, missy elliot, lauryn hill, iggy ...
The Fresh Prince is officially back in the rap game. Will Smith released the debut single "Work of Art" off of his upcoming album Friday along with its music video. The track features Smith's son ...
A Macalester College history prof partnered with a New York-based illustrator to create "The Graphic History of Hip Hop." Fielder, at left, and co-author Walter Greason launched the Graphic History ...
A new documentary chronicles efforts to keep rap lyrics from being used by prosecutors, combatting a long-standing trend of criminalizing this particular art form. “At every stage of a new Black ...
The diss tracks flying back and forth between Drake and Kendrick Lamar have set the online and offline world aflame. But rappers aren’t the only creative people who get into serious disputes.
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“It’s one of those places where you never go for one pint — you’re always stuck there for longer,” says Móglaí Bap, one-third of the Belfast rap trio Kneecap. “The pubs here are like ...
As the gang conspiracy trial of rapper Young Thug and his famed rap collective, YSL, extends past 20 days in Atlanta, we’re bringing you a conversation about the use of rap lyrics in court. Despite a ...
The prosecutors will be admitting rap lyrics as evidence in the trial, to the outrage of many in and outside the music industry alike who claim that this usage unjustly capitalizes on racial ...
Art Not Evidence have written an open letter to the Justice Minister calling for law reform to stop the criminalisation of rap and drill music, and creative expression more broadly. This follows the ...
Do rap sequences in anime hold a sincere appreciation for the art form? Nick and Nicky look at two rap-focused anime and the musical genre in series over the years. HYPNOSIS MIC, Paradox Live The ...