To English teachers, the dictionary and thesaurus are unimpeachable testaments to how words should be used. To rappers, the contents of those hallowed rule books are endlessly malleable, subject to ...

A woman defending her right to say the n-word while singing the lyrics to rap songs on TikTok sparked a fierce debate on the social media platform over whether it's ever okay to use the racial slur.

Last week, Young Thug released a new song called “Power.” The Atlanta rapper is ascendent — as Tom Breihan noted in his Album Of The Week review, Young Thug’s new Barter 6 makes a “full-on rap-star ...

A human rights professor was fired after leading a discussion about the N-word with students, saying the word should be banned from rap music. That’s what the administration at George Washington ...

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In all the years I’ve been debating race and racism with white people, the most common response some have offered in their own defense hinges on black people’s use of the N-word. “If they can say it, ...

Quick: Which of the following words would you expect to hear in a rap track? Actually, the answer is all of the above, thanks to the appearance of a new music CD that uses rap to help high-school ...

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The co-curators and performers of Brooklyn Academy of Music’s annual celebration of hip-hop and poetry talk about this year’s theme of "The New Storyteller." The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) ...

Loud, proud, and here — 2020 was a breakthrough year for women in hip-hop, with Megan Thee Stallion’s Grammy win for Best New Artist, Niki Minaj and Doja Cat’s smooth chart topper “Say So,” and Cardi ...

For more than a decade I carried a shame within me, a secret so embarrassing I kept it hidden from anyone new I met for fear of their ridicule. I was a cultural leper, lower than the lowest among us, ...

NEW YORK — Facing fierce criticism of sexist and depraved rap lyrics, top music industry executives planned a private meeting. They would discuss the issue, they said, and “announce initiatives” at a ...