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Hip-hop’s geography lessons: As it grew, different places made its sounds local

NEW YORK (AP) — Nothing shows off hip-hop’s ability to change and adapt, to be reinvented again and again, more than the different sounds that have come out over the decades as it spread around the country and the world.
How hip-hop went from being shunned by big business to multimillion-dollar collabs

How hip-hop went from being shunned by big business to multimillion-dollar collabs

NEW YORK (AP) — The signs of hip-hop’s influence are everywhere — from Pharrell Williams becoming Louis Vuitton’s men’s creative director to billion-dollar brands like Dr.
How hip-hop went from being shunned by big business to multimillion-dollar collabs

How hip-hop went from being shunned by big business to multimillion-dollar collabs

NEW YORK (AP) — The signs of hip-hop’s influence are everywhere — from Pharrell Williams becoming Louis Vuitton’s men’s creative director to billion-dollar brands like Dr.
Musical sensation ‘Six’ hopes to empower audiences with pop numbers, power ballads

Musical sensation ‘Six’ hopes to empower audiences with pop numbers, power ballads

TORONTO — In Mirvish's latest production of a Tony Award-winning hit, six divas in glam-pop jewelled versions of Tudor attire flip the story of King Henry VIII and his ex-wives on its head.
Angelina Jolie joins producing team for Broadway-bound musical 'The Outsiders'

Angelina Jolie joins producing team for Broadway-bound musical 'The Outsiders'

NEW YORK (AP) — Add Angelina Jolie to the growing list of celebrities lately dipping their toes into producing on Broadway.

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Top New Shows (US): 1. The Really Good Podcast, Bobbi Althoff 2. How Rude, Tanneritos!, iHeartPodcasts 3. The RE—CAP Show: World Cup Edition, RE—INC 4. I Beg Your Pardon, Nurse John 5. The Meatball Pod, Audioboom 6.

Hip-hop and justice: Culture carries the spirit of protest, 50 years and counting

NEW YORK (AP) — In the early days of hip-hop, plugging turntables into a light post and converting an outdoor basketball court into a discotheque may have seemed like a simple invitation to party.
Women battle misogyny to send hip-hop spinning in a new direction

Women battle misogyny to send hip-hop spinning in a new direction

ATLANTA (AP) — Rasheeda Frost’s relationship with hip-hop started in 1981. She was a kindergartener when her mother gave her a record player, and she would continuously spin it, not knowing what it was.
Hip-hop was born in the Bronx amid poverty, despair. 50 years later, there's pride, still hard times

Hip-hop was born in the Bronx amid poverty, despair. 50 years later, there's pride, still hard times

BRONX, NEW YORK (AP) — Before it was a global movement, it was simply an expression of life and struggle: a culture that was synonymous with hardship and suffering, but also grit, resilience and creativity.
Women battle misogyny to send hip-hop spinning in a new direction

Women battle misogyny to send hip-hop spinning in a new direction

ATLANTA (AP) — Rasheeda Frost’s decades-long relationship with hip-hop started in 1981. She was a curious, energetic kindergartener — eager to touch and explore anything put in front of her.
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