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Cordae is the latest artist to take part in NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series and he did not disappoint. It was home advantage for the rapper who performed several songs …

Megan Thee Stallion’s post-traumatic reset, a left-field Lil Yachty collab, the raunchy return of cupcaKKe and more from a tellingly modern week Megan Thee Stallion onstage in June at the …

AISHA HARRIS, HOST: A warning – this podcast includes explicit language, and the N-word can be heard multiple times. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) HARRIS: Hip-hop is a global phenomenon, but it’s …

At the height of the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef a few weeks back, Questlove took to Instagram to say, amongst other things, that “hip-hop is truly dead.” In today’s …

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A new documentary on hip-hop’s associations with the U.S. presidency reveals a persistent misunderstanding of how both operate A crowd of White House press looks on as Kanye West and …

“America loves hip-hop but America doesn’t always love Black people,” Carmichael said. “I wanted to put the story to a beat and highlight some really significant issues in this country.” …

Even though it is not one of the biggest stages in music literally speaking, the NPR Tiny Desk is certainly one figurately. Over the course of about 16 years, hundreds …

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The rap mogul’s recent lawsuits allege misconduct dating back to the start of his three-decade career Bad Boy Records founder Sean “Diddy” Combs has been accused of sexual misconduct by …