Less than a week later, the worlds of hip-hop and R&B are still mourning late neo-soul pioneer D'Angelo.

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Nas praised Kendrick Lamar and Clipse for revitalizing Hip-Hop in 2025 and said the genre continues to thrive.

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Dr. A.D. Carson, the professor who defended a rap album as his Ph.D. dissertation, is redefining Hip-Hop as both scholarship and culture. Bars and Books! Hip-Hop has always been a culture of ...