Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: A Bold Rebuke of Trump’s America

February 10, 2025

By: Tacuma Roeback, Chicago Defender Managing Editor

Drake’s beef with Kendrick Lamar isn’t nearly as important as his tiff with Tupac Shakur’s estate over using the dead rapper’s voice

June 1, 2024

By: The Conversation

Why do American rappers see Drake as not Black enough?

May 22, 2024

By: The Conversation

Rap ‘beef’ as public spectacle is a dangerous game that artists rarely win

May 14, 2024

By: The Conversation

Kendrick Lamar cloned, but there’s no duplicating the original: ONE MusicFest Review

October 30, 2023

By: A.R. Shaw, Executive Editor

Janet Jackson, J. Cole and Megan Thee Stallion highlight Day 1 of One MusicFest

October 30, 2023

By: A.R. Shaw, Executive Editor

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

October 29, 2022

By: The Conversation

Tyrese Gibson and Terrence Howard Are Out to Topple For-Profit Prisons

October 28, 2022

By: LEVEL

Dr. Dre reveals who will perform during the 2022 Super Bowl halftime show

October 1, 2021

By: Black Information Network

BET Awards full of Prince tributes and political moments

June 27, 2016

By: Courier Newsroom