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Big Sean is the Detroit Pistons’ new creative director of innovation
For the lifelong fan, it’s a dream come true
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Roddy Ricch collects six Grammy nominations and a history of sorrow
Buffeted by Nipsey Hussle’s death, he still had a No. 1 song and album in a year shortened by the pandemic
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As The Notorious B.I.G. enters the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a look back at ‘Ready to Die’
Biggie’s first album dropped the same day as the notorious Crime Bill
Culture
Aux Cord Chronicles XXI: Your Election Day soundtrack
The emotions we carry with us in the voting booth have always been in the music
Culture
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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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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Instead of vilifying Boosie’s actions, we need to put them into a broader context
The rapper bragged about hiring a woman to perform oral sex on his underage son and nephews
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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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Still grieving Nipsey Hussle a year later
Coming to terms with Hussle’s death hasn’t gotten any easier