... In “Hustlin’ Until Dope: How BTS’s Rap Line Cultivated Their Hip-Hop Identities,” Nykeah Parham highlights the US hip-hop genealogy from which BTS draws. Originally debuted as a hip-hop group, BTS’s roots in rap and hip hop stood in stark contrast at the time to the flash of the K-Pop idol world...

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... BTS’s Rap Line Cultivated Their Hip-Hop Identities,” Nykeah Parham highlights the US hip-hop genealogy from which BTS draws. Originally debuted as a hip-hop group, BTS’s roots in rap and hip hop stood in stark contrast at the time to the flash of the K-Pop idol world. Parham provides contextualized...

... broke down entirely during the release of Melle Mel’s “White Lines (Don’t Do It)” and a second conflict opened when Ed Bahlman asked Robinson to pay for her use of the Liquid Liquid bass line in “White Lines.” Steve “Steinski” Stein and Doug “Double Dee” DiFranco took rap into a more playful...

... to pay for her use of the Liquid Liquid bass line in “White Lines.” Steve “Steinski” Stein and Doug “Double Dee” DiFranco took rap into a more playful and cerebral direction with their cutup mix of globe & Whiz Kid’s “Play That Beat Mr. d.j.” Records such as Visual’s “The Music Got Me” charged New...