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Hip-Hop Artists Give the Supreme Court a Primer on Rap Music

By Adam Liptak WASHINGTON — Five years ago, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. enlivened a Supreme Court argument by reciting raw and violent lyrics from the rapper Eminem. The chief justice said he was worried that ignoring the song’s musical and cultural context could “subject to prosecution the lyrics that...

Mac Miller Benefit Features Chance, SZA, and John Mayer

LOS ANGELES — Travis Scott pointed toward an image of a toothless Mac Miller as a child recognizing the late rapper as a good-spirited person whose "soul will live forever." Scott's performance and closing remarks came after other music performers including Chance the Rapper, SZA and John Mayer took the...

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