After 14 years, a new interview suggests this dispute may keep giving us new chapters.
Category: Rap and Hip-Hop
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Nicki Minaj, a Role Model for Herself, and Others on ‘Pink Friday 2’
On “Pink Friday 2,” the rapper remains a star navigating hip-hop on sometimes untested terms. But even as she’s receded from the center of the genre, her lessons remain.
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YSL Defendant Shannon Stillwell Is Stabbed, Delaying Young Thug Trial
Mr. Stillwell, known as SB or Shannon Jackson, is among the six defendants currently on trial in the racketeering and gang conspiracy case underway in Atlanta.
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24 Things That Stuck With Us in 2023
Films, TV shows, albums, books, art and A.I.-generated SpongeBob performances that reporters, editors and visual journalists in Culture couldn’t stop thinking about this year.
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Hear the Best Albums and Songs of 2023
A playlist of 124 songs from our three critics’ lists to experience however you wish.
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Nicki Minaj and Drake Reunite, and 10 More New Songs
Hear tracks by Tems, Idles, Adrianne Lenker and others.
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How One Rap Song Seized Sports in 2023
After Sexyy Red released the hit single “SkeeYee” in June, the song quickly spread to practices, locker rooms and stadiums.
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Sean Combs Accused of Raping 17-Year-Old Girl in 2003 in Lawsuit
In the complaint, an unnamed woman says she was flown from the Detroit area to New York on a private plane and gang-raped in a recording studio. Mr. Combs denied the allegations.
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Best Songs of 2023
Seventy-one tracks that asked big questions, found new kinship between genres and helped us see the good in Ken.
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Plaque Pendants Turn Up in Fine and High Jewelry
The rectangular pieces may be smaller than those often worn by hip-hop stars, but they still allow wearers to express themselves without saying a word.
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Is Sean Combs’s Empire at Risk After Sexual Assault Suits?
The music mogul has been celebrated as a transformative force in hip-hop, but fallout from new accusations of abuse has impacted some business relationships and his legacy.