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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...
Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar: The Complete Record
Drake versus Kendrick Lamar was less a traditional beef than a case study in modern rap warfare. The on-record battle...
