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Megan Thee Stallion Rapping About the Strap?!? On My Knees, I Prayed for Days Like This

“Know I gotta stay fly like Three 6/ Got the strap in my bag like a freak b*tch.” It has been absolutely sublime to see Meg in so deeply her…

Carmen Phillips —

May 21, 2024

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playlists

Playlist: We Run This, 50 Years of Women in Hip-Hop

Because what’s a celebration of women’s contributions to 50 years of hip-hop without a playlist?

Natalie —

Aug 17, 2023

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Queen Latifah is in a black fluffy gown and smiling in Netflix's Ladies First.

tv reviews

Netflix’s “Ladies First” Recenters the Women of Hip-Hop in Their Complex Grit, Beauty, and Honesty

Ladies First reinstates Black women as the founders, experts, contributors who quite literally built hip-hop that they are.

Carmen Phillips —

Aug 10, 2023

album review

Chika

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It’s Chika 1, Rap Industry 0 With Her Debut EP “Industry Games”

Chika’s debut EP drops TODAY an she’s re-introducing herself with a major bang! Conscious, thoughtful, craftsperson-ly lyricism and bombastic beats. I can’t wait.

Abbie Jones —

Mar 13, 2020

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netflix

television

Netflix’s Hip-Hop Drama “The Get Down” is Almost What We Need, But Not Quite

This is a story centered around poor Black and Latinx communities, their struggles with institutional abandonment, and their journeys to self-love and empowerment.

Ari —

Sep 8, 2016

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