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Living the hip-hop life with a lesser-known son of Tom Hanks, who badly wants to be famous for something else.
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- November 7, 2011 | Topic
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- August 29, 2011 |
- The Rapture at Last
After nearly breaking up, they’re back.
- August 8, 2011 | Feature
- Old-School Ties
A coffee-table history of Def Jam, New York’s hip-hop Harvard.
- July 18, 2011 | Encounter
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Backstage at an unlikely New Edition reunion, the New Jack bad boy is grown up and sober. More or less.
- July 11, 2011 | Feature
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- June 27, 2011 |
- The Anticipation Almanac: Music
Our critics pick the most anticipated music, lyrics, and more, for the season.
- May 2, 2011 | Feature
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- March 28, 2011 | Feature
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