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Hip hop's five seats on the New York Times list: OutKast, Missy Elliott, Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Young Thug
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NYT Names Its 30 Greatest Living Songwriters. Hip Hop Got Five Seats. Here's What That Means.

Kendrick Lamar, Jay-Z, Missy Elliott, Young Thug and OutKast made the cut. The list, the curators, the names that didn't make it, and what gets admitted when the New York Times calls rap songwriting.

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A Dream Said Her Name

Katty Customs did not plan this. The plan found her at eighteen, in a dream she almost did not tell anyone about. Now she is standing next to Steph Curry on national television.

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When the moment called for silence or spectacle, Bad Bunny chose substance.

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Pulse Check: The Current State of Rap and Hip Hop

Where the culture stands. What it sounds like. What it needs.

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