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Music & Culture

The South Got Something To Say: A Celebration Of Southern Rap (2000-2004)

4:20pm August 03, 2020

Our list of the best songs, albums and mixtapes by Southern rappers is a celebration that recenters the South as a creative center of hip-hop and honors the region for all that it has given to us.

Lil Wayne, shown performing at Coachella in 2016, is one of the artists featuring in NPR Music's Southern rap canon.

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Stream NPR Music's Southern Rap Canon Playlist

3:21pm August 03, 2020

by Marissa Lorusso

Stream the songs, plus selected tracks from the albums and mixtapes, that comprise our list of the 130 greatest releases in Southern rap history.

Music & Culture

The South Got Something To Say: A Celebration Of Southern Rap (2005-2009)

3:01pm August 03, 2020

Our list of the best songs, albums and mixtapes by Southern rappers is a celebration that recenters the South as a creative center of hip-hop and presents the region for all that it has given to us.

Music & Culture

The South Got Something To Say: A Celebration Of Southern Rap (2010-2014)

3:01pm August 03, 2020

Our list of the best songs, albums and mixtapes by Southern rappers is a celebration that recenters the South as a creative center of hip-hop and honors the region for all that it has given to us.

Music & Culture

The South Got Something To Say: A Celebration Of Southern Rap (2015-2019)

3:00pm August 03, 2020

Our list of the best songs, albums and mixtapes by Southern rappers is a celebration that recenters the South as a creative center of hip-hop and honors the region for all that it has given to us.

Music & Culture

The South Got Something To Say: A Celebration Of Southern Rap (1995-1999)

2:59pm August 03, 2020

Our list of the best songs, albums and mixtapes by Southern rappers is a celebration that recenters the South as a creative center of hip-hop and honors the region for all that it has given to us.

Music & Culture

The South Got Something To Say: A Celebration Of Southern Rap

2:58pm August 03, 2020

Our list of the best songs, albums and mixtapes by Southern rappers is a celebration that recenters the South as a creative center of hip-hop and honors the region for all that it has given to us.

John Legend plays a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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John Legend: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

10:00am August 03, 2020

by Bob Boilen

This four-song set for Tiny Desk's quarantine series is utter joy.

Pianist Leon Fleisher eventually resumed playing with both hands after an injury sidelined him at age 36.

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Leon Fleisher, The Pianist Who Reinvented Himself, Dies At 92

10:58pm August 02, 2020

by Tom Huizenga

The beloved pianist was a young lion of his generation until a hand injury forced him to rethink his relationship to music.

When thinking about putting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to music on Voices, Max Richter tried to capture the essence of "the world we haven't made yet."

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Composer Max Richter On 'Voices,' A New Album That Envisions A Better World

6:40pm August 02, 2020

by Gemma Watters

Composer Max Richter's new album drew inspiration from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document spearheaded by Eleanor Roosevelt which he calls "a blueprint for a better world."

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