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  • Kendrick Lamar in the spotlight performing a concert.

    Bad Beef

    Rap beef is form of capitalist accumulation that enriches artists—and, most of all, the corporate suits that run their record labels.
    by Austin McCoy via Public Books on January 9, 2025
  • Nicki Minaj and the autobiography of Malcolm X written by Alex Haley.

    It’s Bigger Than Hip-Hop

    We cannot understand the last fifty years of U.S. history—certainly not the first thing about Black history—without studying the emergence and evolution of rap.
    by Austin McCoy via The Baffler on January 9, 2024
  • Protester holding a "Defund the Police" sign.

    Defund the Police

    Protest slogans and the terms for debate.
    by Austin McCoy via Perspectives on History on June 12, 2020
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. being arrested in Montgomery, 1958.

    Martin Luther King Was a Law Breaker

    On the second anniversary of MLK's assassination, political prisoner Martin Sostre wrote a tribute emphasizing his radical disobedience.
    by Austin McCoy, Martin Sostre via Martin Sostre Institute on April 1, 1970
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