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Giggs Explains Why He's The OG Of UK Hip-Hop + "Talkin The Hardest" Was The First Street Anthem

#Giggs breaks down how he became the OG of UK street rap and explains why "Talking The Hardest" changed everything. Before that track, you couldn't hear UK rap in any parties, it was all American ...
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21 Savage Says ‘F*ck the Streets.’ The Rap World Isn’t So Sure

Last week, 21 Savage took to X and called for reconciliation between Young Thug and Gunna, two titans of Atlanta rap who’d fallen out over the belief that Gunna’s plea in the YSL trial amounted to ...
Chicago Reader

Street-rap royalty converge on Wintrust Arena for the WGCI Big Jam

GloRilla (L) and BossMan Dlow perform at the WGCI Big Jam. Credit: Courtesy Interscope; courtesy the artist The WCGI Big Jam, hosted by the Chicago hip-hop station, celebrates the season with some of ...
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Let Me Show You How to Bip: Tracing the Origins of Hip-Hop’s Favorite New Word

Hip-hop is the ultimate loudspeaker for the inventive language being generated on back blocks, basement parties, and school cafeterias in various corners of Black America. Phrases and terms that, at ...
Chicago Reader

The Lox celebrate 30 years of timeless hard-core street rap

The Lox are sacred to rap culture. In a genre where getting older isn’t celebrated or even necessarily tolerated, the east-coast hip-hop trio of Jason “Jadakiss” Phillips, David “Styles P” Styles, and ...
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Rap Blog: BabySolid makes straightforward street rap mesmerizing

Rap Blog is a weekly showcase of a standout rap song. ADVERTISEMENT Ask Atlanta rapper BabySolid who he was listening to as a teen and he'll be quick to cite Chicago drill rappers Young Pappy, G Herbo ...