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30 years later, ‘ATLiens’ remains OutKast’s defining statement
On their second genre-flipping album, Big Boi and Andre took on the hip-hop establishment, defiantly announcing to the world that ‘the South got something to say’
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How long will they mourn Tupac?
For the world, Tupac Shakur became a legend. For his surviving siblings, he remained their brother
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Nipsey Hussle, Bino Rideaux and the marathon behind ‘Prolific’
With Prolific, Bino Rideaux and Nipsey Hussle’s inner circle set out to honor the late rapper’s vision while safeguarding the legacy he built.
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Ice-T on aging, rap and why he’s back after 20 years
The hip-hop pioneer discusses his new album, Criminal Migraine, podcast culture and why rap artists shouldn’t have an expiration date
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‘The American Carnival’: Halftime power rankings Part 2
As football nears, who the next halftime performer could be is still anyone’s guess
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At Yankee Stadium, JAŸ-Z leaves no reasonable doubt
Three nights, 45,000 fans at a time, and a finale that stretched into Monday morning turned Yankee Stadium into a celebration of JAŸ-Z’s place in New York history
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How a Brooklyn fan turned a Jay-Z pitch deck into a Yankee Stadium collection
Mitchell & Ness flipped an unsolicited idea into a capsule collection celebrating ‘Reasonable Doubt,’ ‘The Blueprint’ and Jay-Z’s Yankee Stadium shows
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On Clive Davis and the death of a music mogul
Label executive shaped the careers of Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen and Alicia Keys, but his legacy includes a more complicated story about power, crossover, and control in the industry
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When Jay-Z became a rapper again
The Roots Picnic wasn’t just a concert. It was a reminder of what made the empire possible in the first place