Wot no hip-hop?: The Billboard Top 30 is rap free – for the first time in 35 years

The current US Top 30 has no songs that could be officially described as rap or hip-hop – for the first time since 1990. That ...
The Gazette

Des Moines-based rapper Klazik brings new life to old school hip-hop

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. “Imagine if a blue collar or middle-class sitcom dad … was cool enough to make rap music, that’s what I ...
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Method Man, Redman keep it old school at Palladium

WORCESTER - There had been a lot of talk about “the old school” in the lead-up to Friday night's Method Man and Redman show ...

Nashville artists like Graham Barham look to bridge country, hip-hop culture. Here's how

Singer-songwriter Graham Barham discusses how Nashville's pop-aimed country interests are bridging country music, hip-hop culture.
Yahoo

Overly Dedicated Was Kendrick Lamar’s First Attempt to Shatter the Old Hip-Hop

The post Overly Dedicated Was Kendrick Lamar’s First Attempt to Shatter the Old Hip-Hop appeared first on Consequence. Lamar’s delivery here has become the stuff of legend, with many equating the ...