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In the Age of the Algorithm, Roots Music Is Rising

Streaming services are helping revive America’s most old-fashioned, undigital genre.

By Carlo Rotella

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Universal Music Calls Drake’s ‘Not Like Us’ Lawsuit ‘Misguided’

The label behind Drake and Kendrick Lamar filed a motion on Monday to dismiss Drake’s lawsuit, which accused it of defamation and harassment over the diss song.

By Joe Coscarelli

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How Kendrick Lamar’s Performances Led Him to the Super Bowl Halftime Show

Ahead of his Super Bowl halftime show, a look at how the rapper has turned introspective rhymes into his own visual language.

By Niela Orr

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Is Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Too Controversial for the Super Bowl?

After sweeping the Grammys on Sunday, Lamar’s ubiquitous Drake diss could be the centerpiece of the halftime show. That, it bears mentioning, is pretty strange.

By Joe Coscarelli