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Rap and drill music is part of America's racial problem

Years ago, a rap music fan described me as a "hip hop scold of the highest order."

News | Antisemitism Watch

Kanye West Blasted for 'Shameful' Feature of Antisemitic Rapper Jay Electronica on His New Album 'Donda'

Kanye West performing at South by Southwest on March 21, 2009 in Austin, Texas. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Kanye West has …

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Dr. Dre says he's 'doing great' after being hospitalized in ICU for apparent brain aneurysm

The 55-year-old hip-hop mogul was rushed to Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Monday, but issues optimistic statement amid emotional outpouring of support from friends and fans.

Entertainment | Music

Rage Against The Machine - Killing In the Name (Official Music Video)

Official music video for ”Killing In the Name” by Rage Against the Machine Listen to RATM: https://rageatm.lnk.to/listenYD Watch more videos by Rage Against ...

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New Music Is Better Than Old Music. This Is Why!

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Tina Weymouth Tribute Film

An innovative Rock & Roll Hall of Fame bass guitarist, songwriter and co-founder of the influential rock and funk bands Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club; pione...

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The Best Hip-Hop Producer Alive, Every Year Since 1979 | Complex

Hip-hop has evolved each year since its birth, not only lyrically, but sonically. Here are the best hip-hop producers, from the genre's beginnings to today.

Psychology | Health & Wellbeing

Rapper leading movement understand mental health in the music community

There are plenty of rap songs about Promethazine, Percocet and Xanax — all prescription drugs with a high potential for addiction and abuse — but almost none about Zoloft, the pill commonly prescribed to treat depression. Last year, rapper Sirah relea

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Best Hip Hop Albums Of 2018... So Far - Hip Hop Golden Age

What’s happening folks! We are seven months into 2018, and BOY what a year it’s been thus far. It can be argued that this has been one of the strongest first-half years in… well… years. There have been very few missteps so far, and

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Jay-Z’s Dead-On Impressions Of Eminem And Snoop Dogg Perfectly Encapsulate Why They’re Good At Rapping

The Jay-Z episode of David Letterman’s ’My Next Guest Needs No Introduction’ premieres on April 6.

Miscellaneous | Other Kinds of Whatnot

The notorious night Biggie was murdered in Los Angeles

Ordained with a flow as soulful to black, post-Reaganomics America as Louis Armstrong’s trumpet during the days of the civil rights movement, the street narrati…

Sports | Cycling

Biketown YYJ

Biketown is a celebration of cycling in Victoria, BC. A parody of Downtown by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Biketown features the people and places that make Vict...

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N.W.A. Will Not Perform at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | News | Pitchfork

Tomorrow, Kendrick Lamar will induct N.W.A. into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They will not, however, perform at the ceremony, Ice Cube has told The New York Times. He said, "Nah, we're not performing.

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The Enduring Charm of Phife Dawg, Hip-Hop’s Scrappiest Virtuoso | Vanity Fair

With the death of Malik “Phife Dawg” Taylor, rap lost a distinctive voice from one of its most revered eras.

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Hip-hop's Future reflects the overstimulation of our time -- or he's just busy

“I know we on the 'Purple Reign' tour, but we gotta get into ‘Dirty Sprite 2,’” Future told the crowd at the Hollywood Palladium not long into his sold-out show Friday night. Then, as though to justify reaching back

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Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? | Music | The Guardian

Skrillex produces Bieber, Rihanna covers Tame Impala, and the genre-bending 1975 top the charts. The people making and consuming music are more stylistically promiscuous than ever. How did we get here?

Entertainment | Culture/Art

This 1981 ABC News ’20/20′ Report On The Rise Of Rap Music Is Equal Parts Fascinating And Hilarious

This actually may be mainstream America's introduction to rap/hip-hop music, and for that alone it belongs in a time capsule.

Miscellaneous | Other Kinds of Whatnot

A Former LAPD Detective Thinks He Knows Who Killed Tupac | VICE | United States

With fewer and fewer parties interested in the case, one man believes he knows the truth about who killed Tupac.