November 25, 2024 • Lamar already won the year in a landslide. On his bristly new album, GNX, the rapper aims to change the state of play for everyone else.
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I’m a rapper. I also work as a professor of hip-hop. I work at the intersection of artmaking and academic research. I write music as part of a greater effort to challenge antiquated ideas about ...
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