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Jay Z (AP/Evan Agostini)

Jay Z's baffling race politics

Brittney Cooper

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White fans flip out

Derek Vincent Smith, better known as Pretty Lights, poses for a photo before he performs on Day 2 of the 2013 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. (Wade Payne/invision/ap)

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Jay Smooth (YouTube screen grab)

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Keeping it real in rap and lit

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

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A rapper sexually assaulted?

Tracy Clark-Flory

Mary Elizabeth Williams

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Rap furor at Harvard

Daniel D'Addario

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Hip-hop goes for gay marriage

Travis M. Andrews

Trump: "Hoes" tweet was a hack

Jillian Rayfield

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2013 Grammy Awards liveblog

Mary Elizabeth Williams

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