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D'Angelo performs at Brixton Academy on February 4, 2012 in London, England (Nick Pickles/WireImage/Getty Images)

D'Angelo took us to bed...and to church

Melanie McFarland
DJ Próvaí of Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap performs during the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, April 11, 2025. (Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images)

Irish rappers turned Fox News villains

Andrew O'Hehir
Snoop Dogg at the 3rd Annual Give Her FlowHERS Awards Gala at The Beverly Hilton on November 08, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images)

Snoop reacts to Trump gig backlash

Nardos Haile
Sean "Diddy" Combs attends Black Tie Affair For Quality Control's CEO Pierre "Pee" Thomas at Fox Theater on June 02, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

How fame delayed "The Fall of Diddy"

Melanie McFarland
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Snoop Dogg and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Is hip-hop moving to the right?

Nardos Haile
Donald Trump and Snoop Dogg attend the COMEDY CENTRAL Roast of Donald Trump at the Hammerstein Ballroom on March 9, 2011 in New York City. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

Snoop Dogg gets backlash for Crypto Ball

Nardos Haile
Sean "Diddy" Combs aka Puff Daddy performs onstage during the Puff Daddy and The Family Bad Boy Reunion Tour presented by Ciroc Vodka And Live Nation at Barclays Center on May 20, 2016 in New York City. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Live Nation)

Diddy doc producer unravels allegations

Nardos Haile
Doechii at Camp Flog Gnaw 2024 Carnival held at Dodger Stadium on November 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Katie Flores/Billboard via Getty Images)

Doechii's anthem of Black anxiety

Nardos Haile
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Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words (Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios)

Megan Thee Stallion doc shows strength

Nardos Haile
Singer Chris Brown performing at Crypto.com Arena on August 06, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Kayla DeLaura/Getty Images)

Chris Brown series unveils new accuser

Nardos Haile
Flavor Flav, Snoop Dogg and B-Boy Mounir Biba. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

American hip-hop wins the Paris Olympics

Melanie McFarland
Breakin' on the One (Andscape)

The battle that took breakdancing global

Melanie McFarland
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Dream Hampton (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A film time capsule of 1990s rap greats

D. Watkins
Kendrick Lamar and Drake (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

In Kendrick & Drake's beef, we all lose

Nardos Haile
Nas | Illmatic (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Nas and the mixtape that changed my life

D. Watkins
Sean "Diddy" Combs (Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images for Sean "Diddy" Combs)

New Diddy lawsuit sparks homophobia

Nardos Haile
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Sean "Diddy" Combs attends Day 1 of 2023 Invest Fest at Georgia World Congress Center on August 26, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

We knew Diddy's history of violence

Nardos Haile
Ice Spice performs onstage during Broccoli City Festival Day 1 on July 15, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Prince Williams/WireImage/Getty Images)

How Ice Spice became music's It Girl

Nardos Haile
Kanye West performs during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards at the Barclays Center on August 25, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for MTV/Getty Images)

Kanye's "Yeezus" was the turning point

D. Watkins
Doja Cat performs onstage at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 12, 2023 ( Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)

Doja Cat's success built on controversy

Nardos Haile
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Singer Chris Brown performs onstage during the 'One of Them Ones Tour' at The Kia Forum on August 26, 2022 in Inglewood, California. (Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)

The Chris Brown problem that never dies

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Jay-Z during Jay-Z "The Black Album Tour" Live at Madison Square Garden - Show at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, United States. 2003. (KMazur/WireImage for New York Post)

Jay-Z's iconic Black Album, 20 years on

D. Watkins
Portrait of American pop and rhythm & blues musician Lauryn Hill, 1998. (Anthony Barboza/Getty Images)

"The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" at 25

Nardos Haile
Megan Thee Stallion performs onstage at LA Pride in the Park held at Los Angeles State Historic Park on June 9, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty Images)

Meg, hip-hop and the end of misogynoir

Nardos Haile
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