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People on Twitter are upset that the Smithsonian’s hip-hop curator is white

Alexis Tatum— September 24

Wiz Khalifa accused of racism for rapping his ‘eyes lookin’ Korean’

Onaje McDowelle— July 17

Psst: Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s surprise album is on Spotify, too

Ramon Ramirez— June 18

I see your Kanye outrage—but when are we going to talk about Nas?

Ramon Ramirez— June 14

Upstream podcast: The SEO violence of the Drake-Pusha T diss battle

Audra Schroeder— June 3

High schooler drops fire anti-cocaine rap on his class

David Britton— October 21

Here’s how to make a classic trap song in just 3 minutes

Bryan Rolli— August 2

Trans community boycotts Charlamagne Tha God, radio show after trans murder ‘joke’

Nayomi Reghay— August 1

Lana Del Rey goes full-on trap queen on the soaring ‘Lust for Life’

Kahron Spearman— July 23

2 Chainz, Big Boi, and Young Thug show Atlanta runs the world—or at least hip-hop

Kahron Spearman— June 20

Remy Ma, Nicki Minaj, and the scuffle for the throne

Sarah Jasmine Montgomery— June 13

Snow tha Product is America’s most woke rapper

Rachael Malonson— June 6

Mac Lethal spits rhymes an 11-year-old wrote about his bully

Bryan Rolli— May 31

Florida teen threatened to shoot up school because Lil Uzi Vert hasn’t dropped ‘Luv Is Rage 2’

Ramon Ramirez— May 16

Lil Bow Wow pretended to fly private on Instagram and got caught

Christine Friar— May 10

Pope Francis Giving a Thumbs Up

Pope Francis always looks like he’s about to drop a fire verse and the internet took notice

David Britton— May 2

Turns out the ‘Friends’ credits are much better over southern rap music

Audrey Browning— May 1

On ‘DAMN.,’ Kendrick Lamar overloads us—and almost makes a classic album

Ramon Ramirez— April 18

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