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News Articles: Genre: Hip-Hop

The composer Celia Hollander (left) and rapper Fat Tony are two musicians who were affected by the LA wildfires, which destroyed the instruments, record collections and irreplaceable work of many artists.

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For many LA musicians, the wildfires took their homes — and their livelihoods

The Los Angeles fires impacted many musical artists, destroying instruments, record collections and hard drives of irreplaceable work.

February 13, 2025
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  • Christopher Intagliata
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - FEBRUARY 09: Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on February 09, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Almost a year after the battle, Kendrick Lamar has won the war

The Compton rapper fashioned the Super Bowl halftime show as his victory lap, taking the culture to new heights and his pettiness to new lows.

February 12, 2025
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  • Sidney Madden
Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome.

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  • Music

Kendrick Lamar brought West Coast hip hop, Uncle Sam and Serena Williams to the Super Bowl

With the biggest captive audience of his career, Lamar's performance conjures a medley of hits that spans his 15-year discography, and featured R&B star SZA as a special guest.

February 10, 2025
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  • Sidney Madden
With <em>Cowboy Carter</em>, which also won best country album, Beyoncé finally took home the Grammy she'd most coveted.

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  • Music

Grammys 2025: 10 takeaways from Beyoncé's biggest night

A rundown of all the surprises and snubs of the 67th Grammy awards, from a historic win for Beyoncé to show-stopping moments from Chappell Roan and Doechii.

February 03, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Thompson
Rapper and deejay DJ Unk (Anthony Leonard Platt) poses for photos after his performance during the 'School Jump-Off' concert at the DuSable Museum in Chicago, Illinois in June 2007.

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  • Music

Unk's 'Walk It Out' defined a fun, hyperlocal moment in Atlanta rap history

The rapper and DJ, who died over the weekend at 43, was the biggest hit for the indie label Big Oomp Records. Its brief but shining moment injected fun back into a scene in transition.

January 29, 2025
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  • Maurice Garland
Drake performs during Wicked (Spelhouse Homecoming Concert) Featuring 21 Savage at Forbes Arena at Morehouse College on October 19, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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  • Music

New Drake lawsuit claims his label pushed 'Not Like Us' diss to defame him

The Toronto rapper is suing Universal Music Group for defamation, alleging that the release and promotion of Kendrick Lamar's 2024 hit threatened his life and career.

January 15, 2025
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  • Sidney Madden
GloRilla, performing in Los Angeles in June, was one of three Southern women who conquered hip-hop in 2024.

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Southern women are shaping the sound of hip-hop's future

In 2024, GloRilla, Latto and Doechii all delivered landmark rap albums. Not just because they had the best bars, but because each trusted themself enough to make an artistic and commercial leap.

December 31, 2024
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  • Sidney Madden
A single Black Friday title — Taylor Swift's Target-exclusive physical editions of <em>The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology</em> — has sent <em>TTPD</em> soaring back to the top of the <em>Billboard</em> 200.

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  • Music

Black Friday sends Taylor Swift back to the top of the charts

Stephen Thompson looks at the biggest songs and albums of the week, and digs into the stories and trends beyond the Top 10.

December 13, 2024
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  • Stephen Thompson
On social media, content creators and internet sleuths have attempted to piece together a narrative of violence and exploitation that often values hearsay and conspiracy over reported information, all while framing themselves as the keepers of a truth that traditional media refuses to report on.

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  • Music Features

What exactly is driving the conspiracy theories about Sean 'Diddy' Combs?

A growing list of lawsuits, shadowy figures, a splintered media environment and prejudice towards hip-hop make Diddy's downfall the "perfect storm."

December 12, 2024
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  • Sidney Madden and
  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

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  • Music

The 50 Best Albums Of 2024

You can't always know that it's a great year for new music while it's happening, but there was a sense from the very start of 2024 that we were in for a ride.

December 02, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Kendrick Lamar, seen here performing at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., on June 19, dropped his sixth album, <em>GNX</em>, on Friday, Nov. 22, without any advance warning.

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  • Music

Kendrick Lamar releases new album, 'GNX,' capping a year of wins

The Compton, Calif. rapper has been in the spotlight all year, first for his beef with Drake, which led to a pop hit and Grammy nominations, all without releasing an album ... until today.

November 25, 2024
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Kendrick Lamar surprise-released the new album <em>GNX</em> on Nov. 22, capping off a year of wins.

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  • Music Features

Kendrick Lamar's rules for rap's new administration

Lamar already won the year in a landslide. On his bristly new album, GNX, the rapper aims to change the state of play for everyone else.

November 25, 2024
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  • Sheldon Pearce
Rapper and producer MF DOOM circa 2004, the year he released both the game-changing collab <em>Madvillainy</em> and the sleeper classic <em>MM..FOOD</em>.

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  • Music Features

MF DOOM's music was his legend. The man himself was the myth

The late rapper's 2004 album MM..FOOD may never have the classic status of its sister release, Madvillainy. But 20 years later, it's the one to play if you want to hear the essence of his artistry.

November 21, 2024
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  • Sheldon Pearce
Tyler, the Creator's seventh album, <em>CHROMAKOPIA</em>, finds the artist deeply reconsidering his own definitions of maturity.

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  • Music Features

Bless this mess: Tyler, the Creator and the chaos of adulting

Musically, CHROMAKOPIA is the rap auteur's most confident album. Emotionally, it might be his most self-effacing, as it stares down a new set of responsibilities.

November 02, 2024
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  • Sheldon Pearce
Young Thug, seen here in Los Angeles in 2021, plead guilty more than two years after being arrested and charged with participating in criminal gang activity.

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  • Music

Young Thug pleads guilty in YSL trial, will serve probation

The Atlanta rapper, who was charged with participating in criminal gang activity in what has become the longest criminal trial in Georgia history, suddenly changed his plea on Thursday.

November 01, 2024
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento and
  • Rodney Carmichael
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