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DMX, Rapper Who Blended Aggressive Menace With Emotional Sincerity, Dead at 50
The influential MC's chart-topping career included five Number One albums, but was beset by drug and legal issues. He died following a heart attack
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Jay-Z: 50 Greatest Songs
With a rhyme career going since the late Eighties, Jay-Z's songs have been reflective, pop, confessional, hard-edged and indelible. Here are his best
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Meet 03 Greedo, the Outspoken MC Paving a New Road for California Rap
"There's a new sound out here that is gonna expose how Los Angeles really has been this whole time," he says
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Eminem: 50 Greatest Songs
The best from the bloody, bombastic, brilliant career of the hip-hop troublemaker
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Vic Mensa on His Four-Song 'Manuscript,' Upcoming 'Detailed Story' Album
The Chicago MC talks working with Pharrell, staying off social media
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40 Best Rap Albums of 2016
Kanye West, Chance the Rapper, Danny Brown and more in the year in rhymes
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How Apple Hopes to Win the Streaming War
Tech giant is opening its checkbook and getting inolved with artists' careers like never before
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DJ Quik and Problem on Making Timeless Rap, Remembering Prince
"I don't want Quik fucking rapping like the Migos"
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Beyonce's 'Lemonade': A Guide to Samples and Interpolations
How Led Zeppelin, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Outkast helped create an instant classic
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