Music
The Uplift
Singer Lloyd is back like he never left with new music and a movie role
‘I was off the scene and now I’m all the way back on the scene’
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The 20 greatest hip-hop tours of all time
Our ranking, inspired by all the great rap acts on the road this summer, is 100% correct
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Aux Cord Chronicles XIX: The NBA Finals playlist
For the first time, we let the people decide
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Jay-Z’s billionaire status adds up to a lot more than what’s in his bank account
Like Madam C.J. Walker and John H. Johnson before him, Jay-Z’s rise to business mogul is testament to the power of the black dollar
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Will Smith, a pioneering black nerd, helped raise and change rap music
Smith’s music career reveals an artist who believed in an Afrocentric American dream based on ambition, hustle and black pride
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DJ Khaled’s ‘Higher’ is a heartbreaking victory lap for Nipsey Hussle
‘Almost like church,’ the song is part history lesson, part manifesto
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Megan Thee Stallion wants to go as hard as the guys
It’s a big summer for the ‘Big Ole Freak’ rapper, with her first album and a date with Cardi B
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John Singleton was Hollywood’s first hip-hop director
The success of the creative voice behind ‘Boyz n the Hood’ was a game changer in Hollywood
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For his own homecoming, Jay-Z should perform this duo of NYC B-sides
The artist’s intimate show calls for his most heartbreaking work