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Business
Young Thug, Atlanta Rap Star, Is Arrested on Gang-Related Charges
ATLANTA — The rap star Young Thug, one of the most influential artists to emerge from Atlanta’s famously fertile hip-hop…
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Arts
Fivio Foreign Had an Epiphany. Can He Change Drill Rap?
Late last month, on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River, the journeyman Brooklyn rapper Fivio Foreign barreled into…
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Magazine
The Psychic Contortions of the Black Mogul-Entertainer
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World
A Russian Rapper Brings His Banned Antiwar Message to Istanbul
ISTANBUL — Only a month ago it would have been an innocuous scene in Moscow: Oxxxymiron, one of Russia’s most…
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Sports
Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg headline hip-hop halftime show as Eminem takes a knee.
Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar — three titans of Los Angeles rap — took the field at SoFi…
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World
Jamal Edwards, Force in British Rap, Dies at 31
When Jamal Edwards founded his YouTube channel in 2006, it was a rare platform dedicated to British rap music. Credit...Chris Jackson/Chris…
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World
After a Star’s Killing, Sweden Struggles With ‘Gangster Rap’
STOCKHOLM — Sweden had never seen anything like Einar. A hyperactive and self-assured young artist in a place increasingly obsessed…
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Arts
‘Christmas on Death Row’ and a Stormy Season for a Storied Rap Label
“Christmas on Death Row” broke the streak. Starting with Dr. Dre’s “The Chronic” in 1992, every album released by Death…
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Arts
Drake Removes Himself From Competition for 2022 Grammy Awards
Drake, the chart-topping rapper and singer, has withdrawn his name from competition in the upcoming Grammy Awards, the latest problem…
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Arts
Moor Mother’s Musical Galaxy Grows Even Bigger
The poet and musician Camae Ayewa is a study in nonstop movement. On a recent video call from Los Angeles,…
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