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Megan Thee Stallion’s Instagram Live marinated on my psyche
As Black men, we cannot continue to inflict this pain on the women who look like us
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‘Hamilton,’ which started as a mixtape, eventually got to the real thing
The star-studded soundtrack helped cement hip-hop’s place on Broadway
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Hip-hop finally gets the government stamp of approval
The four new postage stamps are dope, but long overdue
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Rapper Freddie Gibbs delivers lyrical gems in the midst of COVID-19 chaos
His album ‘Alfredo’ adds to one of hip-hop’s great gangsta rap careers
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Wu-Tang’s RZA on the influence of Bruce Lee
How martial arts flows throughout the work of the influential hip-hop group
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Aux Cord Chronicles XX: The sounds of 1998
OutKast, DMX, Janet Jackson, Lauryn Hill, Master P and ‘Vol. 2’ from Jay-Z made this one major year in music
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Andre Harrell was hip-hop’s blackest record man
From ghetto fabulous to new jack swing, if it was unapologetically black and cool, Harrell had a hand in it
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How Bill Withers, soul music’s quiet man, became a sampling favorite for R&B and hip-hop
From Blackstreet to Travis Scott, musicians of every stripe found inspiration in his songs
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Still grieving Nipsey Hussle a year later
Coming to terms with Hussle’s death hasn’t gotten any easier