Why Louis Vuitton chose Mr. Williams as its new designer of men’s wear. It’s bigger than hip-hop.
Category: Rap and Hip-Hop
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Pharrell Threads the Needle
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Nipsey Hussle’s Killer Sentenced to 60 Years to Life in Prison
The New York Times – Music:Eric R. Holder Jr. was found guilty of first-degree murder last year in the 2019 killing of Hussle outside a clothing store he had founded in Los Angeles.
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Luka Doncic Only Makes Basketball Look Easy
The New York Times – Sports:The Dallas Mavericks guard is having the best season of his career. Long media-shy, he’s now opening up about life in the N.B.A. spotlight, and his plans for life after.
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Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul’s 10 Essential Songs
The New York Times – Music:The Long Island rapper David Jolicoeur, known for his freewheeling rhyme style, has died at 54, just weeks before his trio’s catalog arrives on streaming services.
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Rihanna Returns on the Super Bowl Stage and Confirms Second Pregnancy
The New York Times – Sports:Rihanna did not bring any other artists to the stage, preferring to frame the set as a celebration of her dominant pop career. The performance also served as a pregnancy reveal.
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De La Soul’s Dave Jolicoeur, a.k.a. Trugoy the Dove, Dies at 54
The New York Times – Music:The trio expanded the stylistic vocabulary of hip-hop in the 1980s and ’90s, but its early experiments with sampling led to legal troubles, and the group’s longtime exclusion from streaming.
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AKA, Influential South African Rapper, Is Fatally Shot
The New York Times – Music:The rapper, whose legal name was Kiernan Forbes, was one of the most formidable songwriters in South African hip-hop. He and another man were killed outside a restaurant on Friday.
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Lil Yachty Breaks Boundaries and Takes on Rap Conservatism
The New York Times – Music:A conversation about the hip-hop eccentric’s experiments, and the benefits (and perils) of collaborating outside an artist’s established genre.
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Lizzo and SZA Spin Up a Fresh ‘Special,’ and 7 More New Songs
The New York Times – Music:Hear tracks by Luke Combs, Jessie Ware, Indigo de Souza and others.
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Hip-Hop Fashion Pioneers Reminisce About Clothes That Shaped the Genre
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:At an opening for a new exhibition at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, attendees embraced a musical fashion history.
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Quality Control, Atlanta Rap Powerhouse, Sells to Scooter Braun’s Hybe
The New York Times – Music:The acquisition is the famed music manager’s first major move at Hybe America — a division of the South Korean firm — since he became its sole chief executive last month.