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How a Group of Rappers Became Trump Evangelists

One oddity of Donald Trump’s Bronx rally last week was when the former president invited two rappers — Michael Williams,…

World

And the Winner Is: Kendrick Lamar. And Old-School Hip-Hop.

The rap battle between Drake and Kendrick Lamar is about more than whatever personal beefs these two men have with…

World

The 45 King, Who Produced for Jay-Z and Eminem, Dies at 62

The 62-year-old Bronx native infused a distinctive jazzy flavor in his beats. He contributed tracks to Queen Latifah’s debut album…

Travel

A Love Letter to Hip-Hop

Hip-hop repeatedly taught a community, then a nation, then the world, how to dream.

Arts

Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul’s 10 Essential Songs

The Long Island rapper David Jolicoeur, known for his freewheeling rhyme style, has died at 54, just weeks before his…

Health

Reminiscing About Clothes that Shaped Hip Hop

A proud crowd of hip-hop style pioneers gathered at the Museum at F.I.T. on Tuesday night to toast the opening…

Arts

How Questlove Pulled Off the Grammys’ Crowd-Pleasing Hip-Hop Tribute

The Roots drummer and D.J. was tapped by the Recording Academy to fit 50 years of rap history into 15…

Arts

At Rennie Harris’s Hip-Hop University, Teaching the Teachers

On a Friday morning in December the hip-hop choreographer Rennie Harris was in Boulder, Colo., teaching a master class. Rather…

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