Hip-Hop
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Opinion
How a Group of Rappers Became Trump Evangelists
One oddity of Donald Trump’s Bronx rally last week was when the former president invited two rappers — Michael Williams,…
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Opinion
And the Winner Is: Kendrick Lamar. And Old-School Hip-Hop.
The rap battle between Drake and Kendrick Lamar is about more than whatever personal beefs these two men have with…
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Europe
The 45 King, Who Produced for Jay-Z and Eminem, Dies at 62
The 62-year-old Bronx native infused a distinctive jazzy flavor in his beats. He contributed tracks to Queen Latifah’s debut album…
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Europe
A Love Letter to Hip-Hop
Hip-hop repeatedly taught a community, then a nation, then the world, how to dream.
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America
Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul’s 10 Essential Songs
The Long Island rapper David Jolicoeur, known for his freewheeling rhyme style, has died at 54, just weeks before his…
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Europe
Reminiscing About Clothes that Shaped Hip Hop
A proud crowd of hip-hop style pioneers gathered at the Museum at F.I.T. on Tuesday night to toast the opening…
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America
How Questlove Pulled Off the Grammys’ Crowd-Pleasing Hip-Hop Tribute
The Roots drummer and D.J. was tapped by the Recording Academy to fit 50 years of rap history into 15…
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America
At Rennie Harris’s Hip-Hop University, Teaching the Teachers
On a Friday morning in December the hip-hop choreographer Rennie Harris was in Boulder, Colo., teaching a master class. Rather…