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More than two decades after its release, Eminem's "Lose Yourself" finally becomes the bestselling rap song in America — as ...

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The moving documentary-visual album shows how a formerly incarcerated musician used rap to find healing during the darkest ...

Welcome to Listening Habits, a column where I share the music I’ve been fixated on recently. After working in music ...

There are too many iconic David Bowie songs to list, but if there is one that stands out as the most heartbreaking one, that would be "Letter to Hermione." The song, from the legendary self-titled ...

H. Rap Brown, one of the most vocal leaders of the Black Power movement, has died in a prison hospital while serving a life sentence for the killing of a Georgia sheriff’s deputy. He was 82. Brown — ...

Every month, The FADER's Vivian Medithi showcases all the standout rap songs from the past 30-ish days in one unranked list. Over the sort of subtle ShunGu beat that makes you sit up and listen a ...

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A charismatic orator in the 1960s, he called for armed resistance to white oppression. As a Muslim cleric, he was convicted of murder in 2000 and died in detention. By Paul Vitello Jamil Abdullah ...

BUTNER, N.C. -- H. Rap Brown, one of the most vocal leaders of the Black Power movement, has died in a prison hospital while serving a life sentence for the killing of a Georgia sheriff’s deputy. He ...

At the end of the 20th century, hip-hop was booming, but the mood was dour. Two of the greatest rappers of all time—2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G.—had recently been violently killed. Artists were ...