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Rap ‘beef’ as public spectacle is a dangerous game that artists rarely win

  • Written by A.D. Carson, Associate Professor of Hip-Hop, University of Virginia
Rap ‘beef’ as public spectacle is a dangerous game that artists rarely winCanadian police and television reporters gather outside the rapper Drake's Toronto mansion after a shooting there in May 2024.(Andrew Francis Wallace/Toronto Star via Getty Images

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