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Rapper Biz Markie (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Biz Markie was the "essence of hip-hop"

D. Watkins
Jay-Z performs onstage at SOMETHING IN THE WATER - Day 2 on April 27, 2019 in Virginia Beach City. (Brian Ach/Getty Images for Something in the Water)

Jay-Z has always delivered hope

D. Watkins
Nas performs at the Hennessy V.S presents "Nas: Time Is Illmatic" Los Angeles tour at the Orpheum Theatre on October 18, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Noel Vasquez/Getty Images for Hennessy)

Nas spoke loudest in 50 years of hip-hop

D. Watkins
Chuck D (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/The1point8/Rolling Stone/Penske Media/Crdjan)

Chuck D on hip-hop's power, 50 years on

D. Watkins
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President Ronald Reagan, campaigning for a second term of office, smiles during a rally speech at the California State Capitol the day before the 1984 presidential election. (Wally McNamee/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Rap, Reagan and the 1980s

Stefan M. Bradley - The Conversation
Takeoff of Migos performs onstage during the Daytime Village Presented by Capital One at the 2017 HeartRadio Music Festival at the Las Vegas Village on September 23, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Bryan Steffy/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)

Takeoff's killing: I heard these 2 words

D. Watkins
Kanye West (Rich Fury/VF20/Getty Images for Vanity Fair)

Kanye's hatred of books isn't hip-hop

A.D. Carson - The Conversation
Iman Shumpert is seen outside 'Dancing With The Stars' Rehearsal Studio on October 08, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (JOCE/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty Images)

Iman Shumpert is our Renaissance man

D. Watkins
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Condenser Microphone On Boom Stand With Headphones (Getty Images/Tashi-Delek)

Roe v. rap: Hip-hop mirrors repro rights

A.D. Carson - The Conversation
The Notorious B.I.G. (Des Willie/Redferns/Getty Images)

Biggie Smalls' "unwavering confidence"

D. Watkins
Eminem performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show at SoFi Stadium on February 13, 2022 in Inglewood, California. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

NFL tried & failed to censor halftime

Joy Saha
Candace Owens is seen on set of "Candace" on August 16, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jason Davis/Getty Images)

Candace Owens' fans revolt

Meryl Phair
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Eminem, Charlie Kirk and Mary J. Blige (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Super Bowl halftime as "sexual anarchy"

Jon Skolnik
Corey Woods, aka Raekwon, of Wu-Tang Clan performs live on stage during the 'Gods of Rap' Tour at The SSE Hydro on May 11, 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by (Roberto Ricciuti/Redferns/Getty Images)

Raekwon's life before and with Wu-Tang

D. Watkins
Lizzo, Cardi B and Megan thee Stalion (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How hip-hop is "Feminist AF" with a beat

Kylie Cheung
Rapper Nicki Minaj is seen leaving the Marc Jacobs Fall 2020 runway show during New York Fashion Week on February 12, 2020 in New York City. (Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images)

Minaj doubles down on vaccine skepticism

Brett Bachman
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A man walks past a mural by Mr. Gabriel Marques in Dublin (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

N-Word: a volcano kept active by racism

Sanya Osha - The Conversation
Glenn Grothman and Cardi B (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Cardi B snaps after Republican attacks

Brett Bachman
Hip-hop professor A.D. Carson (Dan Addison/University of Virgina/Creative Commons)

One professor's peer-reviewed rap album

A.D. Carson - The Conversation
NAS (Keith Griner/Getty Images)

I'm from the Nas generation of scholars

Darryl Robertson
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Rapper Talib Kweli on March 01, 2020 in New York City (Al Pereira/Getty Images)

Talib Kweili on Kanye's love of Trump

D. Watkins
Dessa (Sam Gehrke)

Dessa's lifelong Beatles influence

Nicole Michael
(Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

My American dreams and nightmares

Darryl Robertson
Huey Newton and Ice Cube (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Ice Cube helped launch my education

Darryl Robertson
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