The New York Times – Film:
Omar Epps struggles to grant this gangland Chicago religious drama divine quality.
Category: Wiz Khalifa
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How Do You Make a Weed Empire? Sell It Like Streetwear.
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Berner, the San Francisco rapper, has built a legal-weed empire out of his black-market past — and blurred the lines between the two.
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Too Short’s Long (and Very Raunchy) Life in Rap
The New York Times – Music:
The West Coast rapper is an unsung pioneer of some of the genre’s most central elements.
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Mixtape Sites Like DatPiff Propelled Rap. Can They Be Preserved?
The New York Times – Music:
Websites offering up free — and not always legal — music flourished in the gap between the fall of the CD era and the rise of streaming. Keeping those archives intact is proving difficult.
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‘The Blog Era’ Podcast Resurrects Rap Media History
The New York Times – Music:
The new podcast from the brothers Eric and Jeff Rosenthal explores what made hip-hop blogs matter — and why they faded away.
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Amber Rose Is Not Who You Think She Is
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
As the public figure resurrects her SlutWalk (and releases a rap single), she’s looking to cast off the labels of her past.