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

Kanye may not like books, but hip-hop fosters a love of literature

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

Roe v. rap: Hip-hop artists have long wrestled with reproductive rights

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Young Thug performs onstage at 'Samsung Galaxy + Billboard' during the 2022 SXSW Conference and Festivals at Waterloo Park on March 17, 2022 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Amy E. Price/Getty Images for SXSW)

When all else fails to explain American violence, blame a rapper and hip-hop music

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Blue Origin's New Shepard crew Oliver Daemen, Jeff Bezos, Wally Funk and Mark Bezos on July 20, 2021 (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Why Gil Scott-Heron’s “Whitey on the Moon” still feels relevant today

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

Hip-hop professor looks to open doors with world’s first peer-reviewed rap album

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