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Home » Little Brother

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Posted inMusic

Naledge brings his rapper’s brain back to academia

by Leor Galil May 12, 2020August 18, 2021

Jabari “Naledge” Evans of Kidz in the Hall talks about his doctoral dissertation, incorporating hip-hop into education, the drill scene hacking the industry, and more.

Posted inMusic

North Carolina hip-hop group Little Brother age gracefully

by Leor Galil September 20, 2019August 18, 2021

On August 19, rapper Phonte Coleman posted album art for May the Lord Watch (Imagine Nation Music/Members Only/Empire), a previously unannounced full-length by his North Carolina hip-hop duo, Little Brother on Instagram. It’d been nine years since the last Little Brother album, 2010’s Leftback, but Phonte and fellow MC Big Pooh didn’t try to heighten […]

Posted inMusic

Jay Wood of the Freesole collective on a rapper pushing the narrative of hip-hop

by Aaron Allen September 4, 2019August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of Jay Wood and S.O.S of the Freesole collective and Reader intern Aaron Allen

Posted inBlogs

Local hip-hop superhero A-Villa, bank manager by day and skilled beat maker by night

by Leor Galil October 29, 2014August 18, 2021

The 33-year-old producer is about to drop his debut full-length, Carry on Tradition, and he talks to the Reader about collaborating with dozens of MCs, life plans, and raising his daughter.

Posted inBlogs

Who’s Zune-ing who?

by Miles Raymer July 19, 2007August 19, 2021

Microsoft presents Mos Def.

Posted inBlogs

Today’s download queue

by Miles Raymer February 13, 2007August 19, 2021

New downloads from Little Brother and Mick Boogie, Snowden, and Aesop Rock.

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