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Category: Rap and Hip-Hop
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Greed, Gluttony and the Crackup of Red Lobster
How missed opportunities, a $1.5 billion real estate deal, all-you-can-eat shrimp and the global pandemic sank the country’s largest seafood chain.
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Kendrick Lamar Will Headline 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show
The rapper, who’s had a big year thanks to a beef with Drake that led to the smash song “Not Like Us,” will perform in New Orleans in February.
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20 Pop and Jazz Albums, Shows and Festivals Coming This Fall
Anticipated debuts and long-awaited follow-ups are due this season. Our critics plucked out a list of the most notable.
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Rich Homie Quan, Melodic Atlanta Rapper, Dies at 34
The rapper, who was at one time affiliated with Young Thug, had a 2015 hit with “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh),” which spawned a dance craze.
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Sabrina Carpenter Beats Travis Scott to No. 1 by a Hair
The pop singer and songwriter’s “Short n’ Sweet” debuts atop the Billboard 200 with the equivalent of 362,000, the third-best opening of the year.
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Fatman Scoop, a D.J. and Rapper, Dies
He was at the Hamden Town Center Park in Hamden, Conn., when he collapsed onstage on Friday night.
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‘Ice Cold’: From Biggie to Lil Yachty, Getting Your Shine On
Hip-hop jewelry does a lot of heavy lifting in a new exhibition in Manhattan. It signifies elite membership, romantic courtship and ambition for greatness.
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LL Cool J Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop. (And Why Would He?)
At 56, the hip-hop eminence and TV star can slip into Russian, stun arenas and delight executives. With Q-Tip as a producer, he’s returning to his first love: rap.
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What was your personal song of the summer?
We want to know your seasonal anthem, for a future Amplifier playlist.
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Eminem and LL Cool J Duel in Speedy Raps, and 9 More New Songs
Hear tracks by Sophie featuring Bibi Bourelly, Kim Deal, Tommy Richman and more.
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Man Charged With Tupac Shakur’s Murder Loses Bid for Release
A judge declined to release Duane Keith Davis, whose trial is scheduled for March, after a dispute over the source of the bail funds.