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No Label Academy at Harvard hopes to shape future of hip hop through education
For the second consecutive year, Harvard University hosted a summer boot camp for standout college-aged students from around the country who want to work in the music industry — particularly hip hop. A nonprofit called No Label brought them to Boston after a long-odds application process that permitted about 25 students in each time from a pool of 3,000, according…
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Boston celebrates the 50th anniversary of hip-hop — but it took work to get there
Around the country, American cities are celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. In Boston, how to celebrate — and where — became a topic as hot as some of the genre’s fiery lyrics. At the start of the year, Boston hip-hop group STL GLD sought City Hall Plaza for a 50th anniversary summer bash. The request was approved. The group,...
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Celebrating 50 years of hip hop
Hip Hop just celebrated its 50th birthday. Sue O’Connell spoke with Rockstone Trizz of SparkFM Online Radio to discuss the genre’s origins and influence on music today.
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Houston PD Calls for Any “Tweets, Vines, Videos” to Solve Murder of Migos Rapper
Sergeant Michael Arrington of the Houston Homicide Division called on eyewitnesses to help identify the gunman who killed Migos rapper Takeoff at a Houston-area bowling alley Monday night. Tips can be called into the Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or anonymously at 713-222-TIPS.
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Houston Police Announce Efforts to Protect Hip-Hop Community After Rapper's Murder
After the murder of Migos rapper Kirsnick Khari Ball, better known as Takeoff, Houston police chief Troy Finner announced that the department would be organizing a committee to better support and protect the city’s artists. “Sometimes the hip-hop community gets a bad name… [but there are] a lot of great people in the hip-hop community. And I respect them.”