Hip-Hop

News of Cardi B topping the Billboard Hot 100 charts rippled far and wide. Fans lauded the accomplishment, sensing it was inevitable. Others were left wondering, “Who is Cardi …
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Rappers used to say that “hip hop rules the world” back in the 1980s during a time when mainstream America didn’t expect the genre to live past infancy. However, today, …
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The South Bronx in the late 1970s was the apotheosis of urban decay: the borough was rampant with hopelessness and riddled with countless abandoned buildings that were oftentimes aflame. New …
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Legendary rapper Nas and Hennessy threw one memorable Super Bowl after-party in New Orleans, with superstar DJ Questlove on the wheels of steel. Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx was in house, along with Jesse Williams of “Grey’s Anatomy,” and NFL ballers Jerome “The Bus” Bettis and Braylon Edwards. Funny man Kevin Hart hobnobbed with NOLA’s own jazz man Trombone Shorty, DJ D-Nice, and hip-hop star J. Cole. Read Review