Drill Rap for Ten Years

[ad_1] Subscribe to Popcast!Apple Podcasts | Spotify | sewer In the early 2010s, a new voice emerged from Chicago’s rap scene. Drill music was instant and brash, relentlessly local, and yet easily accessible. It has become a template to be borrowed widely. It has been iterated several times since then. Lil Durk, one of the …

Fiery Radio Star and Rap Mixtape Innovator DJ Kay Slay dies at 55

[ad_1] Acting as an important bridge between hip-hop generations, DJ Kay Slay has transformed from a young B-boy and graffiti writer to an innovative New York radio personality known for his brawling mixtapes that spark rappers, breaking artists and helping change music. business died in New York on Sunday. He was 55 years old. In …

Sweden Struggles With ‘Gangster Rap’ After Einar’s Killing

[ad_1] STOCKHOLM – Sweden had never seen anything like Einar. A hyperactive and confident young artist in a place that became increasingly obsessed with global hip-hop, by the age of 19 he was one of the biggest rappers the country had produced. Born Nils Gronberg, Einar had a puppy face, the flow of an international …

‘Patria y Vida’: How a Cuban Rap Song Became a Protest Anthem

[ad_1] MEXICO CITY — As thousands marched through Cuba last July in a shocking protest against the Communist regime, many shouted and chanted a common refrain: “Patria y vida!” or “Homeland and life!” This phrase comes from a rap song of the same name. to start for the burgeoning movement of young people taking to …

Drake et Kanye West, géants du rap plus rivaux que jamais

[ad_1] Les défis lancés par titres et réseaux sociaux interposés relancent un long cycle provocations directes and indirects: the best envenimée de manière semble-t-il irrémédiable suite à une querelle musical intro Drake and Pusha-T, un protégé de Kanye West, en 2018. Depuis lors, les deux artistes ont pris des chemins séparés, même and les chamailleries …

A Rap Song Eliminates Israel’s Jewish-Arab Breakdown – And Goes Viral

[ad_1] BEIT YEHOSHUA, Israel — Uriya Rosenman grew up on Israeli military bases and served as an officer in an elite army unit. His father was a fighter pilot. His grandfather led the paratroopers that captured the Wailing Wall from Jordan in 1967. Sameh Zakout, a Palestinian Israeli citizen, grew up in the mixed Arab-Jewish …