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As the stars of hip-hop’s golden age approach their golden years, some confront questions about whether old blood can make new music

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52-year-old rapper Common performs on Sept. 11, 2024, in Atlanta. Paras Griffin/Getty Images by A.D. Carson, University of Virginia It’s always awkward telling people what I...
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Rich Homie Quan’s cause of death reveals deeper issue of how drug use impacts hip-hop culture

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Rich Homie Quan stood out in hip-hop while in the midst of a city full of rap stars. When Atlanta became known as hip-hop’s...
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Why Rich Homie Quan’s death adds to the sad reality of rappers we lost too soon

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Most rappers enter the music industry with dreams of sharing art to the masses and changing their life circumstances. However, the dreams that hip-hop...
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Missy Elliott tours as a headliner − and it’s about time

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Missy Elliott’s music tells stories of Black cyborgs, space-time travel and postapocalyptic worlds. Prince Williams/WireImage via Getty Images by Elliott H. Powell, University of Minnesota Missy...
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Prodigy’s personal mythology: Remembering the ‘fallen angel’ of Mobb Deep

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Albert Johnson, aka Prodigy, (left) and Kejuan Muchita, aka Havock, of the hip hop duo Mobb Deep in New York in 2006. Johnson died...
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Why do American rappers see Drake as not Black enough?

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Canadian rapper Drake at the Billboard Music Awards in May 2019. Drake’s recent beef with American rapper Kendrick Lamar highlights how Canadian rap is...
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Rap ‘beef’ as public spectacle is a dangerous game that artists rarely win

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Canadian police and television reporters gather outside the rapper Drake’s Toronto mansion after a shooting there in May 2024. (Andrew Francis Wallace/Toronto Star via...
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OutKast released their debut album 30 years ago: How ‘Southernplayalistic’ changed Atlanta history

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Atlanta’s music scene can be divided into two eras: B.O. (Before OutKast) and A.O. (After OutKast). On April 26, 1994, everything changed.  Before OutKast hit...
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From America to Africa: Hip-Hop in the Motherland 50 years later

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BRAIN, AN ARTIST WITH STONE TOWN RECORDS; ZENJI BOI, OWNER OF STONE TOWN RECORDS;  A STONE TOWN RECORDS CUSTOMER. (PHOTO BY LAMONT JONES JR.) by...
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Exclusive: GSimone talks new holiday music and the importance of Hip-Hop 50

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GSimone stands as one of the most prolific executives in the music industry. Throughout her career, she’s worked with legendary acts such Fat Joe,...
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