Lightshow, a rapper native to Washington, D.C., would do anything if it meant getting out of trouble with his mother. His tactic of choice: sweet-talking her with handwritten poems before she even walks...
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After building a career around eccentricity, Lil Yachty cranks his musical weirdness dial to the max in “Let’s Start Here,” his fifth studio album.
Released Jan. 27, the album...
Artists have a responsibility to be honest and vulnerable in their work, rapper and poet Noname said at an event Wednesday.
The event, titled “Existing in Multitudes: Noname,” was hosted by the...
The U.S. criminal justice system protects wealthy white men, rapper Meek Mill said at an event Wednesday night in Lohrfink Auditorium.
Mill, a Philadelphia native, was first arrested in 2007 for...
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“Your name is Emekwanem Ibemakanam Ogugua Biosah / Emekwanem means, ‘Don't f--k with me.’"
In these first two lines of his debut album “Punken,” menacing Houston rapper Maxo...
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At the end of “Ab-Soul’s Outro,” the penultimate track on Kendrick Lamar’s 2011 debut album “Section.80,” the Compton, Calif. rapper emphatically declared, “I’m not...
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Those who listen to hip-hop artist Future generally fall into two camps: They either love him, or they hate him. Critics cite his style of "mumble rap" and monotony as...
Detroit rapper Big Sean has consistently produced music that reflects on both the demanding nature of the rap industry and his own hard work and struggle toward success. In this sense, “I Decided.,”...
Every semester, we at The Fourth Edition decide to open our doors to the few whom we think are pretty hilarious. This semester, we took five new, spectacular human beings out of a competitive applicant...
Tate Tucker (SFS '14) might be a college freshman, but he is no neophyte when it comes to hip-hop.
Last semester, Tucker raised more than a few eyebrows when he was invited to perform for — and...
