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How Jay-Z’s Notting Hill Carnival Set Previewed Hip-Hop’s Future
This Carnival Monday, a look back to August 1997, when Jay-Z performed on an unprecedented Notting Hill bill that showed British fans hip-hop’s future in a single afternoon
- Across the Pond
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AI Optimism Has a Hold Over Hip-Hop’s Mogul Generation
From Raekwon’s “return” to Palantir’s offices, to Dr. Dre’s embrace of AI, rap’s pioneers are carrying an old faith in new machines into an era of platform ownership, surveillance, and automated music
- Commentary
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The Internet Is Getting Meaner. Slushy Noobz Are Keeping It Fun
The Canadian duo, made up of friends Hamzah Al-Emad and Martin Andrijasevic, have become YouTube stars by finding comedy in everyday life
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The Game Takes Aim at Kendrick Lamar — and He Brought Drake With Him
After months of simmering West Coast tension, the veteran MC makes his feelings about Kendrick clear on his new album, with a little help from his biggest rival
- Game Face
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Ten Years Later, Frank Ocean Still Knows Something We Don’t
A decade after Blonde, the masterpiece remains rooted in a vanished world while gathering new meaning from everyone who has lived alongside it
- AI Could Never
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The Jay-Z Resurgence Has Reached TikTok
Following three anniversary concerts at Yankee Stadium, Jay-Z has found a new audience online. The clearest evidence comes from a 13-year-old single that young listeners have turned into an unlikely hit
- Jayaissance
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Forget AI: Rap’s Biggest Trend This Summer Is the Eighties
The controversy surrounding Fenix Flexin and Tyga is overshadowing a broader shift toward hip-hop’s own dance-floor history
- Back to the Future
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Drake Turns Kick Stream Into a 20-v-1 Dating Show, Warns Rap Rivals His ‘Pen Isn’t Dry’
Inside the rapper’s wild ride of a livestream, featuring Lena the Plug, an Hermès giveaway, and apparent subliminals about rap beef.
- iDrizzy
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Tyga Says ‘There’s Nothing Wrong’ With Using AI to Create His ‘80s-Inspired Album ‘$tarface’
The rapper opened up to VIBE about embracing the new technology, his mom’s passing, and who the new project is really for
- Unapologetic
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Loe Shimmy Puts Women First on ‘Pretty Girlz Run the World’
The Florida rapper talks about embracing his softer side and recording the Drake collaboration “I’m Spent” while hooked up to an IV
- For the Ladies
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