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Cultural shift? Non-binary Lil Uzi Vert ends hip-hop’s longest No. 1 drought in 30 years, but is it just more of the same?
(July 11, 2023). Hip-hop’s long, frustrating wait to reach No. 1 on a major Billboard chart is finally over. For the first time in 2023, a hip-hop album tops the…
Sisters really were doing it for themselves in the ‘80s…it’s still the only decade where they eclipsed the brothers in this key music stat
(July 10, 2023). Since the dawn of the rock-and-roll era in 1955, women have had to push through some significant hurdles to make inroads in popular music. This is particularly…
Tracy Chapman’s unique place in music history goes well beyond Luke Combs’ current success with ‘Fast Car’
(July 9, 2023). This past week, Tracy Chapman became the first Black woman to solely pen a No. 1 country song when Luke Combs’ cover of her 1988 hit “Fast…
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‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ – Fall Out Boy’s update of Billy Joel’s hit causes stir, but the original wasn’t so perfect…
(June 30, 2023). A lot can happen in 34 years, so much so that Fall Out Boy—the popular rock group out of the burbs of Chicago—decided to release an update…
This once-popular sub-genre of hip-hop isn’t included in 50th anniversary celebrations. Why it isn’t (but should be)…
(June 27, 2023). In watching Sunday’s BET Awards (June 25) and its nearly 4-hour celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, it became immediately apparent that the network known for its Black…