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Dr. Dre’s Detox is hip hop’s Atlantis, a genius at his highest levels crafting a perfect, utopian work of art that most likely doesn’t exist. Most likely, which is to say there’s a chance that the final copy of…
Jay-Z once bragged about how he held us down for six summers - and that was back in 2001. To put that into perspective, there was no Twitter, no hashtags, no smartphones. You could argue that the most consistent cultural…
With Donald Sterling’s lifetime ban from the NBA, we examine Sterling’s history of racial discrimination based on housing practices and lawsuits
On Friday, April 25, Leonore Draper died in Chicago. I've known her almost 15 years and was in her wedding. For various reasons, each of us has thanked the other for saving our lives. This is what I offered…
Symbols vs. substance in the racism debate
The MHP panel—Jelani Cobb, Ari Berman, Brittney Cooper and Bomani Jones—discuss how outrage about racially-charged language can often distract from structural racism and the policies and actions that disproportionately harm people of color.
Looking…
What’s the legacy and influence of Illmatic today, in a social media world with disposable music consumption – and what does the future hold for Nas?