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Topic: “To Pimp A Butterfly”

Rapsody (Chris Charles)

As female rappers step up, Rapsody leads

Rachel Leah
(Getty/Scott Eisen)

Jazz is the sound of resistance again

Rachel Leah
(Getty/Christopher Polk)

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Kendrick Lamar (Reuters/Simon Laessoee)

Unapologetically black

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Kendrick Lamar (AP/Arthur Mola)

"To Pimp a Butterfly"

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