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Fashion Killa: How Hip-Hop Revolutionized High Fashion

Fashion Killa: How Hip-Hop Revolutionized High Fashion

This first comprehensive anthology of the marriage between hip-hop and luxury fashion

2023

Sowmya Krishnamurthy

Sowmya Krishnamurthy

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Sowmya Krishnamurthy

The new rules of battle rap: a lawyer breaks down “cease and desist”

Is the rap battle over? It seems that way with Drake’s latest post appearing to be a waving of the white flag. But that’s only part of the…

3 min read4 days ago

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The new rules of battle rap: a lawyer breaks down “cease and desist”

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Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar: Has the battle gone too far?

The rap battle between Kendrick Lamar and Drake has been explosive for the last two months. The two rappers have been going back and forth…

3 min readMay 8, 2024

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Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar: Has the battle gone too far?

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Kendrick Lamar Hits Drake with Vicious Bars on “Euphoria”

Kendrick Lamar is a rap monster. A quiet, calculated, vicious lyricist who says little but waits patiently in the cut until the right time…

3 min readMay 1, 2024

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Kendrick Lamar Hits Drake with Vicious Bars on “Euphoria”

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Inside the Messy Divorce of Lil Wayne & Cash Money Records

Could the exit of the label’s flagship artist mean the end of its 20-year reign?

16 min readMar 17, 2015

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Inside the Messy Divorce of Lil Wayne & Cash Money Records

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What The Fall of Trinidad Jame$ Can Teach Bobby Shmurda

Big expectations, little label support, and a legion of haters all conspired to end a million-dollar rookie’s stint in the majors.

13 min readSep 18, 2014

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What The Fall of Trinidad Jame$ Can Teach Bobby Shmurda

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Sowmya Krishnamurthy

Sowmya Krishnamurthy

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Music journalist and author. Hip hop commentary, analysis and hot takes. Author of 'Fashion Killa: How Hip-Hop Revolutionized High Fashion'.

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