hip hop
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Hip-Hop Stars With The Most Inspirational Success Stories
From 50 cent to Cardi B, here are the emcees who rose up to achieve their dreams.
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Hip Hop At 50: What I Learned From Writing A Book About The World’s Most Powerful Genre Of Music
Leslie Jones shouted out 50 Rappers Who Changed The World, which chronicles hip hop’s most notable emcees.
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Listen up: A Brilliant Lesson on Women and Hip Hop
A new Audible Original celebrates the ladies who helped shape the culture.
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My Hip-Hop Story: Lauryn Hill Made Leslie Odom Jr. Fall In Love With Melodic Hip-Hop
The actor and singer argues that hip-hop transcended boundaries when it introduced melodic vocals.
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Here’s Why Soulja Boy Thinks He ‘Birthed a New Wave’ of Hip-Hop
The rapper exploded onto the scene back in the early 2000s.
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Uncle Luke Demands More Respect for Florida in Hip-Hop 50 Celebrations
The Florida rap legend feels that the sunshine state hasn’t received enough flowers during the genre’s big anniversary celebrations.
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What Will the Next 50 Years of Hip-Hop Look Like?
As we celebrate its 50th anniversary, The Root spoke to Professor Maurice Johnson about the genre’s future.
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In Honor of Hip-Hop’s Birthday, The Root Staff Reveals Our First Hip-Hop Jams
Queen Latifah, T.I. and Mary J. Blige are some of the artists who jumpstarted our fascination with hip-hop.
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Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop Is Our TV Pick This Week
This Netflix documentary highlights the women who changed the game. Also this week, hip-hop celebrations with LL Cool J, Ice T, and more.
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Fabolous’ Criticism of Female Rap Was Unfair, Unwarranted
The veteran New York rapper said that female rap is one-dimensional.