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Is Travis Scott’s Super Bowl performance a misstep, a crowning jewel or history repeating itself?
From James Brown to Sammy Davis Jr. and now Travis Scott, the backlash from artists crossing metaphorical picket lines is not new
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Does Cardi B even need the Super Bowl halftime show to rule Super Bowl week?
From viral videos to a hot Pepsi ad to her own Atlanta concerts, the rapper is changing the game
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The best of the pre-Super Bowl concerts — and the coolest events for the culture
From Cardi B to Ochocinco to Future to Ludacris to Angie Stone, it’s about to get hot in Atlanta
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Meek Mill’s new No. 1 ‘Championships’ is a triumph inspired by pain
Meek is in rare territory: He’s the hero in a cautionary tale who gets to tell his own story — and benefit from it
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Black artists get the noms, but not necessarily the trophies, at Grammy Awards
If Grammys history is any indication, Kendrick Lamar, Cardi B and their fans shouldn’t get their hopes up
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On the 25th anniversary of Snoop Dogg’s ‘Doggystyle’ — a look back at his life and times
A hip-hop prodigy, in a pop culture maelstrom — on trial for murder
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Aux Cord Chronicles XVI: 28 times hip-hop hailed LeBron and Wade’s Miami Heat
Rick Ross, Big Sean, Drake, Jay-Z, Meek Mill — the rap that made the Heat a cultural powerhouse
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When it all falls down: The twisted nightmare of Kanye West and Trump
West is making his hall of fame career irrelevant by pushing his musical genius to the footnotes of his legacy
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Lil Wayne’s ‘Carter V’ is triumph over trauma
The new album stands head and shoulders above recent work from his peers