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New Tupac Shakur exhibit, ‘Wake Me When I’m Free,’ looks at the revolution that created the revolutionary
The show opening in Los Angeles is about more than the music
Culture
From Miles Davis to Biggie, James Mtume was a Renaissance man of music
Best known for ‘Juicy Fruit,’ the Grammy winner was respected across the musical spectrum
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Can anyone beat Jay-Z at a Verzuz? We lay out the odds.
From Future to Eminem to Missy Elliott to Lil Wayne, a look at how these dream battles would play out
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The Black vanguard in white utopias
Country music speaks to white sentimentality, but Black women pioneer ‘and continue to pioneer’
Culture
Our top musical moments of 2021, from best verse to radio freestyle
Interviews, performances, earworms, songs to get on it — here’s how we’ll remember the past year
Culture
Young Dolph’s memorial service was fit for a Memphis titan
The rapper who spoke for the city and cared for its residents was given his flowers
Culture
Best albums of 2021: ‘Vince Staples’
The California native delivered a brutally honest masterpiece
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Best albums of 2021: ‘An Evening With Silk Sonic’
The Bruno Mars-Anderson .Paak collab lived up to the hype
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Best albums of 2021: Arlo Parks’ ‘Collapsed in Sunbeams’
The album exemplifies the spectrum of emotions in a COVID-19 and grief-stricken world