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September 16, 2026Popular Music & Society

Raps of Resistance: How Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole Reignited a Hip-Hop Tradition

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In Raps of Resistance: How Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole Reignited a Hip-Hop Tradition, Jeremy C. McCool and Earl Hopkins argue that hip hop has lost its way. Originally a lyrically and sonically comp...

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Brian Hillman (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aad0ad5de0393d728b89178 https://doi.org/10.1080/03007766.2026.2733105

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