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As AI becomes more present in artistic spaces, it’s challenging long-standing ideas about what creativity is and how it ...
If you want to talk about life-changing, ‘Losing My Religion’ is the closest it gets," bassist Mike Mills says of the band's 1991 classic.
What started as a pandemic fix has evolved into an integral part of Atlanta Opera’s mission to break boundaries.
Sheek Louch, Styles P & Jadakiss, collectively known as The Lox, show and prove for the Red Bull Spiral Fresstyle ...
The Lox are the perfect act for a starring role in Red Bull’s ongoing Spiral Freestyle series. The trio is still going strong after 30 years — arguably, stronger than ever, as both independent artists ...
Tech, hip-hop, art and Bay Area culture. All those elements combined and you get “Co-Founders.” The musical was born in a garage and is pushing innovation in theater.
Nicholas Clegg — the freestyling school psychologist — is the faculty sponsor of Hip Hop Club at Champaign Central High ...
Both ‘The Iliad’ and rap battles encourage us, the listeners, to react, reflect and ultimately select with which speaker to ...
Six months into 2025, a new hip-hop beef appears to be brewing between rappers Ray Vaughn and Joey Bada$$. The former dropped a brand new diss track on Thursday (May 15) titled H*E ERA.
The Iliad and battle rap share deep roots in oral tradition, fame, skill, and conflict—both asking what’s truly worth ...
Shot in one take, season 3 kicks off with the Midwest, West Coast and East Coast being properly represented by the likes of Detroit’s Big Sean, Carson’s Ab-Soul and Brooklyn’s Joey Bada$$, ...
The Iliad is like a battle rap, an art form in which two or more people confront one another in freestyle rap that includes boasts, insults, and wordplay. By Joshua Forstenzer Homer’s Iliad is one ...