Carlos Moreno says Cambria County Prison ignored his requests for his hearing aids and cane. At home in Schuylkill County, his growing family suffered.

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Is there such a thing as a happy eviction?

A visual artist who built his career on creating covers for independent rap records laments how AI is bastardizing his life’s work.

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The dam appeared to break in 2024, as South African phenom Tyla made Grammy and chart history. But for a wide field of buzzed-about voices, the path to a crossover has narrowed.

An in-depth look into the past and present of rap’s favorite drug.

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In our new cover story, pop polymath Tinashe discusses her new album 'Popstar' and charting her own course through the music industry.

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The case turned into a circus that reasserted how exploitative and inhumane hip-hop fandom has become

Industry insiders have been offering absolutely terrible odds for humanity’s future—on bizarre pretenses.

The Intercept and 404 Media discuss the government’s growing use of private contractors, from Flock to Claude, to surveil and kill abroad and at home.

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Now she unites us in grief.