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New Music Monday: Tkay Maidza
Australian rapper Tkay Maidza’s music hearkens to MIA and Icona Pop, has features from Killer Mike, and claims Nicki Minaj and Santigold as influences. The result is a high-energy hodgepodge, and it’s pop hip-hop gold.
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Enter the Trippy World of Queer Indigenous Rapper Dio
Her song “Pussy Vortex” pairs unapologetic, witty lyrics with a catchy sound.
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Musician Imani Coppola Talks Frankly About Race, Gender, and Experimental Music
The eclectic artist describes herself as “part witch” and her musical inspiration as the Spice Girls.
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New Music Monday: Sex-Positive New Orleans Rapper Boyfriend
Raunchy New Orleans rapper Boyfriend has a new remix of her song “Love Means.”
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Meet the First Ladies of Canadian Indigenous Hip-Hop
Vancouver's First Ladies Crew raps about indigenous identity and history.
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BitchTapes: Brazil's Feminist Funk
Brazil’s style of funk carioca originated in the slums of Rio de Janeiro—also known as favela funk, it has little to do with the funk heard in the rest of the world.
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Dr. Dre's Assault on Dee Barnes Was Originally In "Straight Outta Compton"—But Got Cut
Now, the film avoids any discussion of how Dr. Dre attacked and beat up Dee Barnes in a club—then worked to blacklist her from the industry.
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Straight Outta Compton: On Culture, Rage, and Contradiction
The new film illustrates the vibrancy and pain mid-80s hip hop, and for the most part, doesn't leave out the contradictions.
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An Indian Rapper Turned Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" Into An Environmental Protest Anthem
Nicki Minaj’s hit song “Anaconda” has been remixed as a catchy protest song demanding environmental justice for a city in Tamil Nadu, India.
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An Ode to Lady, My Favorite Brazenly Sexual Rapper
In her 2011 music video for “Yankin,” the rapper Lady does whatever she pleases.
On September 29, the U.S. metal band Mastodon unleashed their video for “The Motherload,” a gratuitously twerk-tastic romp featuring... Read more »
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