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Kendrick Lamar
May 13, 2024
Michael Tomasky
How on Earth Is Donald Trump Getting Credit for Joe Biden’s Economy?
Do you have any idea how many jobs have been created under Biden in swing states? Don’t worry, nobody does. But they’d better by November 5.
April 18, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Damned If He Does, If He Don’t
Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer Prize reveals the way hip-hop has scrambled the distinction between music and literature.
August 26, 2016
Frank Guan
Hip-Hop Hymnals
Why are rappers like Kanye West, Chance the Rapper, and Kendrick Lamar finding religion?
March 4, 2016
Alex Shephard
Kendrick Lamar just released a surprise new album.

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