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The Grind
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The magic of ‘Mo Bamba’

Sarayu Pai
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Jan. 8, 2019
Fans of house, trap, EDM and hip-hop flocked to the Treasure Island Music Festival (courtesy of Josh Withers).

Treasure Island Music Festival features a variety of awesome acts

Dylan Grosz
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Nov. 9, 2018
Although he is only 29, JPEGMAFIA has become a renowned rapper (VALÉRY HUGOTTE/Flickr).

Damn, Peggy: The Stanford Daily talks with JPEGMAFIA

Dylan Grosz
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Nov. 6, 2018
Chicago rapper Noname performs in 2016 at the first annual REC., a music festival in Rotterdam (RENE PASET/Flickr).

Noname finds identity on sophomore album ‘Room 25’

Caroline Hallee
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Nov. 5, 2018
Drake's summer was suffused with controversy (courtesy of Anton Mak and Wikimedia Commons).

Drake combines success with social media spectacle

Jacob Kuppermann
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Oct. 22, 2018
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milo’s alpha and omega

Malachi Dray
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Oct. 5, 2018
(Courtesy of Robbie Barrat)

Q&A: Robbie Barrat on training neural networks to create art

Joe Dworetzky
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June 12, 2018
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Why glorify drugs in hip-hop?

Sejal Jhawer
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Nov. 23, 2017
Kenta Yaegashi '20 at work (Courtesy of Kenta Yaegashi).

Students by day, DJs and songwriters by night

Elias Mooring
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Nov. 7, 2017
Cardi B at the Post Show for the 2017 BET Awards on June 25, 2017 in Los Angeles, California (MAURY PHILLIPS/Getty Images).

‘Bodak Yellow’: 2017’s most unlikely pop hit

Jacob Kuppermann
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Sept. 29, 2017
(Kmeron, Flickr)

Revisiting Joey Bada$$’s ‘All Amerikkkan Bada$$’

Esther Tsvayg
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June 7, 2017
(Kmeron, Flickr)

The unexpected grace of Kendrick Lamar’s ‘DAMN.’

Benjamin Sorensen
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April 27, 2017
The album artwork for Bijah B's debut EP, "Indubitably" (Courtesy of Abijah Archer)

Renaissance man: Abijah Archer ’20 and the collision of music and activism

Esther Tsvayg
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March 2, 2017
Killer Mike of Run the Jewels performs at Treefort Music Festival in 2014. (Wikimedia Commons, Treefort Music Fest)

Run the Jewels makes it 3-for-3 with ‘RTJ3’

Jacob Nierenberg
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Jan. 11, 2017
Danny Brown captivates crowd with his visceral verses. (Wikimedia Commons, Coup d'Oreille)

Danny Brown loses his mind on ‘Atrocity Exhibition’

Jacob Nierenberg
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Oct. 9, 2016
Monty performing on stage at Frost. (RYAN JAE/The Stanford Daily)

Interview: A conversation with Remy Boy Monty on hometowns, Fetty Wap and mixtapes

Benjamin Sorensen
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May 23, 2016
Fetty Wap performing at Frost. (RYAN JAE/The Stanford Daily)

Festival review: Fetty Wap shines, but Frost is far from the right fit

Benjamin Sorensen
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May 17, 2016
Portland-based rapper Aesop Rock is famed for his vast vocabulary. (Courtesy of Volker Neumann.)

Aesop Rock’s ‘The Impossible Kid’: A Knot Worth Unraveling

Clare Flanagan
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May 6, 2016
Dr. Dre performing on Coachella's main stage. (Courtesy Jason Persse, Wikimedia Commons)

Festival review: West Coast hip-hop steals the show at Coachella

Benjamin Sorensen
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April 28, 2016
(Courtesy of Falimalala, Wikimedia Commons)

Ready for Fetty: A preview of this year’s Frost headliner, Fetty Wap

Benjamin Sorensen
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March 28, 2016
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