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Building a Hip-Hop Canon: Author Kiana Fitzgerald on Her New Book

Recognition of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary has been in full force throughout 2023, but writer Kiana Fitzgerald’s celebration started almost a year early, in February 2022. That’s when she began ...
Washington Post

Hip-hop is turning 50. Don’t forget to celebrate the last 20.

Some astrophysicists believe that the universe existed before the big bang, but if you reject that hypothesis, go ahead and wish hip-hop a happy 50th birthday. (For those who choose to celebrate, my ...
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Irish-Language Hip-Hop Trio In ‘Kneecap' Are "The Latest In A Canon Of Storytellers Stretching Back Thousands Of Years", Director Says – Contenders International

Language and the role it plays in shaping identity was a driving theme for writer-director Rich Peppiatt when he embarked on making Kneecap, Ireland's official submission for the International Feature ...
The Village Voice

Props to the Pops: A Father’s Day Hip-Hop Playlist

Hip-hop’s first quintessential cut for fathers was Boston MC Ed O.G. and the Bulldogs’ “Be A Father To Your Child.” Ed explains not only proper respect for mothers, but the why and how of the ...
The Grio

Common and Pete Rock’s joint album, ‘The Auditorium Vol. 1,’ is a hip-hop album I didn’t even know I was waiting for

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. There was a time when the pairing of rapper Common and producer Pete Rock ...