Stephen Colbert connects hip hop song verses to Tolkien via Gilbert and Sullivan

A lovely Coolio (RIP) moment from 2013 shared on YouTube by then-university student Kelly Maguire: My house mates and I acoustic jamming sesh of 'Gangster's Paradise' with the one and only Coolio. After making a guest appearance at a local club in Preston UCLAN, we got him back the next day to cook us a… READ THE REST

Recently, Eminem released his new song titled The King and I, which will be featured on the soundtrack for Baz Lurhmann's Elvis film. Given the parallels between the two artists, the song was inevitable. Both men are titans in their fields but endured criticism pertaining to their white privilege in a Black medium. However, within the world of… READ THE REST

Despite how dominant it is in youth culture, rap is old. The "hip" in Hip Hop was initially slapped on the genre as a pejorative term, as early detractors believed rap was a flash in the pan. Almost 60 years later and rap is more vibrant than ever. However, similar to rap's first crop of… READ THE REST

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