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by Tamara Palmer onJanuary 9, 2013
From A$AP Rocky to Maxwell, this year's playlist features indie chart toppers and vintage vets.
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The rapper says profits from Street King will feed up to a billion children within five years.
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The mainstreaming of hip-hop culture ruined one of the genre's defining traditions: the battle.
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