Rap and Hip-Hop – Page 117

How Hip-Hop Conquered the World

Fifty years ago, a party in the Bronx jumpstarted an essential American artform. For decades the genre has thrived by explaining the country to itself.

By Wesley Morris

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Too Short’s Long (and Very Raunchy) Life in Rap

The West Coast rapper is an unsung pioneer of some of the genre’s most central elements.

By Tom Breihan

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Kanye West Returns to the Stage With Travis Scott

The rapper, now known as Ye, had not performed live since a series of antisemitic comments last year led to rebukes in music and fashion.

By Ben Sisario

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Travis Scott’s ‘Utopia’ Debuts at No. 1

The rapper’s “Utopia,” his first album since his Astroworld Festival in Houston turned tragic in 2021, opens with the equivalent of 496,000 sales in the United States.

By Ben Sisario