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How Detroit and Flint became havens for rap dark horses

BabyTron, Tee Grizzley, Eminem and Danny Brown. Collage by Jackie Lay / NPR. Kyle Gustafson / Bennett Raglin / Kevin Winter / Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images hide caption

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Hip-Hop 50: All Rap Is Local

How Detroit and Flint became havens for rap dark horses

They don't say "Detroit Vs. Everybody" for nothing: Dismissed from the outside and splintered within, Michigan's rap cities turned scrap-or-die underdog status into a gritty aesthetic all its own.

The 2010s: A Jazz Revival In Black Music

Pianist and producer Robert Glasper has spent much of the past decade reconnecting jazz with popular black music, transforming the work of artists like rapper Kendrick Lamar, Flying Lotus and Brittany Howard. Peter Van Breukelen/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption

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The 2010s: A Jazz Revival In Black Music

Pianist and producer Robert Glasper is on a mission to reconnect jazz with black music. In the past decade he's helped transform the work of artists like Kendrick Lamar, Brittany Howard and more.

The 2010s: A Jazz Revival In Black Music

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Hip-Hop Producer, Rapper Jay Dee AKA J Dilla

Detriot musician James Yancey — also known as J Dilla and Jay Dee — was one of the music industry's most influential hip-hop artists. But after just a brief career in the spotlight, he died Monday night at age 32 after battling lupus.

Hip-Hop Producer, Rapper Jay Dee AKA J Dilla

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