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How 3 Women From Wuhan Cope With COVID-19: Rap, Poetry And Mooncakes

From left: Deng Ge is a rap mogul who became a lockdown activist. Poet Sally Wen Mao Mao uses her art to express her anger about how Chinese people are being portrayed in the pandemic. Writer and comic artist Laura Gao, living in the U.S., has a video chat with her grandmother Zhou Nai, who's happy to have a supply of mooncakes, a popular Chinese dessert. Image provided by Deng Ge; Yuri Hasegawa; and screen grab by Laura Gao. hide caption

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Goats and Soda

How 3 Women From Wuhan Cope With COVID-19: Rap, Poetry And Mooncakes

We interview a rap mogul (turned community volunteer), an author focused on a nine-tailed fox and a grandmother with a sense of humor. They're part of our special report on women facing the pandemic.

Rap on Trial: How An Aspiring Musician's Words Led To Prison Time

Olutosin Oduwole at his home in New Jersey in 2016. Shankar Vedantam/NPR hide caption

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Rap on Trial: How An Aspiring Musician's Words Led To Prison Time

Olutosin Oduwole was a college student and aspiring rap star when he was charged with "attempting to make a terrorist threat." Did public perceptions of rap music play a role?

Rap on Trial: How An Aspiring Musician's Words Led To Prison Time

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Realizing Tupac Wasn't Cool, 20 Years Later

Rapper Tupac Shakur arrives at New York's Radio City Music Hall on Sept. 4, 1996. Todd Plitt/AP hide caption

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Code Switch

Realizing Tupac Wasn't Cool, 20 Years Later

I was probably 9 years old at the height of my obsession with Tupac's "Hail Mary." I didn't know what I was capable of then, but I was not to be trifled with.

Episode 17: Why Do We Still Care About Tupac?

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