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Kendrick Lamar
April 18, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Damned If He Does, If He Don’t
Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer Prize reveals the way hip-hop has scrambled the distinction between music and literature.
August 26, 2016
Frank Guan
Hip-Hop Hymnals
Why are rappers like Kanye West, Chance the Rapper, and Kendrick Lamar finding religion?
March 4, 2016
Alex Shephard
Kendrick Lamar just released a surprise new album.

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