Hip Hop
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3 questions for Wale about new music and supporting students facing food insecurity: 'These are the leaders of tomorrow, man, they gotta eat'
The rapper says food is "one of the last things you're supposed to be worried about when you're in college."
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Why Swizz Beatz took a detour from hip-hop to embrace car culture
"Drive With Swiss Beatz" takes the music legend on the road, with his son riding shotgun.
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The It List: 'Enfield Poltergeist' docuseries examines most infamous paranormal case in Britain, Taylor Swift releases a new version of '1989,' Britney Spears's 'The Woman in Me' memoir debuts
Yahoo's weekly look at the best in pop culture, including movies, music, TV, streaming, games, books, podcasts and more. Here are our picks for Oct. 23-29.
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Tupac Shakur murder trial: The key players inside the explosive East Coast-West Coast rap beef
Tupac, Biggie, Sean Combs and more used the media and their music as platforms for their frustrations.
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3 questions for 'Rap City' creator Alvin Jones on giving hip-hop artists a platform on TV: 'Black people wanted to see people that they could relate to'
"Rap City," TV's longest-running hip-hop show will soon be introduced to a new audience with a 3-part docuseries on BET. Its creator Alvin Jones believes its success, like hip-hop, is because it was a reflection of its time.
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His interview with Tupac murder suspect helped lead to the breakthrough arrest. Why DJ Vlad now feels a 'sense of closure.'
The noted DJ and prolific interviewer's session with Duane "Keefe D" Davis was pivotal to the long-dormant case.
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One of hip-hop's greatest release dates? Jay-Z, Outkast, A Tribe Called Quest and Black Star all dropped albums on this day in 1998.
"Hard Knock Life," "Aquemini," "Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star" and "The Love Movement" all share the same birthdate.
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