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Owning the Pipes: Jay-Z’s Long Trade From Team Equity to Cultural Infrastructure
Jay-Z's name is not on the Nets' ownership ledger anymore. What survives is the photo: a giant billboard hanging over...
Today in Hip-Hop: Quick Bites – 6/19/2026
Russell Simmons Ordered Back to New York to Fight Jane Doe Lawsuit A New York judge declined to let Russell...
Today in Hip-Hop: Quick Bites – 6/9/2026
Snoop Opens a Venue in Long Beach and Brings AI 2Pac Onstage At the grand opening of his new Long...
YNW Melly and the Pretrial Decade: How a Capital Case Became a Test of the System Itself
YNW Melly, born Jamell Demons on May 1, 1999 in Gifford, Florida, is a rapper who rose to fame in...
Ladies Run the Numbers: How Cardi B, Sexyy Red, Latto & Co. Turned a “Moment” Into Hip-Hop Infrastructure
This piece argues women in rap have shifted from a sidebar to the genre's structural core. It points to figures...
Art on Trial: How Maryland’s PACE Act Challenges 40 Years of Rap Jurisprudence
For nearly four decades, American prosecutors have treated rap lyrics as confessions, with at least 500 criminal cases hinging on...
