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March 2021

You Down With NFT?
It seems like all of a sudden everyone is, along with blockchain and cryptocurrency.
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Jayson Rodriguez
He's The Producer, I'm The The Rapper
Nas won a trophy with Hit-Boy riding shotgun, Benny The Butcher has us salivating with his Harry Fraud team-up.
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Grammys: What Do We Think?
Meg! Lil Baby! Kanye’s quiet win. Nas prevails. What say you?
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Verzuz Versus Itself
The battle performance series was acquired in a splashy deal by Triller but at what cost?
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The Needle Jay-Z Wants To Thread
Hov is attempting to become a new type of mogul while playing by the old rules.
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February 2021

Being Bobby Shmurda
A look at 3 nights that define the who the Brooklyn rapper is.
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How Hip-Hop Became Must-See TV
Suddenly rap fare is available up and down the dial. How did we get here?
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Turning Up The Volume On Hip-Hop Soundtracks
The 'Judas and the Black Messiah' LP harkens back to the halcyon days of Def Jam's movie project curation.
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Ladies First: Clover Hope Talks "The Motherlode" And The Impact Of Women In Hip-Hop
The journalist goes deep on her new book, her Mount Rushmore and why "WAP" is a peak historical moment.
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