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Artist Profile: Knowledge The Pirate is Breathing Life Into New York Hip-Hop | Arts | The Harvard Crimson

David Jolicoeur of De La Soul, the rap trio that expanded the stylistic vocabulary of hip-hop in the late 1980s and early ’90s with eclectic samp

De La Soul had earned both -- love from fans and critical acclaim, heres a close look.

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.

Dozens of pieces the artist Rammellzee created, including sculptures and paintings made with canvas, cardboard, wood, and even carpet, are on view at L.A.'s Jeffrey Deitch Gallery.

The saxophonist was among an assembly of American jazz musicians who reached across continents to find meaning in sound

Artist Profile: al.divino Speaks for Massachusetts and Real Hip-Hop | Arts | The Harvard Crimson

The Fresno, California veteran stakes a claim to his legacy by continuing to do what he does best: rolling out boasts, anecdotes, and smack talk like he’s working over a speed bag.

A long-awaited trial was supposed to decide whether Oklahoma’s lethal injection protocol was cruel and unusual punishment. But it was rigged from the start.

In honor of Ringer Films’ new documentary ‘DMX: Don’t Try to Understand,’ we’re tracing the lineage of the crown of hip-hop’s mecca