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A.R. Shaw discusses opening statements of Young Thug, YSL RICO trial with ABC News

Opening arguments in the Young Thug, YSL trial began this week in Fulton County. The trial is one of the more prominent cases where...

Hip-hop on trial: When can a rapper’s lyrics be used as evidence in a criminal case?

by Taifha Natalee Alexander, University of California, Los Angeles When police arrested Nevada rapper Kenjuan McDaniel on a murder charge in August 2023, they cited...

Through space and rhyme: How hip-hop uses Afrofuturism to take listeners on journeys of empowerment

by Roy Whitaker, San Diego State University It is perhaps only natural, as hip-hop celebrates its 50th anniversary, that people look to the genre’s future....

How hip-hop learned to call out homophobia – or at least apologize for it

Rapper Offset apologized over a homophobic slur. Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage/Getty Images by Matthew Oware, University of Richmond In the 2018 song “Boss Life,” the rapper Offset,...

Street scrolls: The beats, rhymes and spirituality of Latin hip-hop

Puerto Rican singer Residente performs in Havana in 2010. His back reads, ‘We receive flowers and bullets in the very same heart.’ STR/AFP via Getty...

Rap artists have penned plenty of lyrics about US presidents – this course examines what they say about Reagan and the 1980s

  by Stefan M. Bradley, Amherst College Unusual Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course: “Rap, Reagan and...

Kanye may not like books, but hip-hop fosters a love of literature

by A.D. Carson, University of Virginia When Ye – the artist formerly known as Kanye West – stated during a recent podcast that he doesn’t...

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