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Lil Wayne will replace Cardi B at Neon Desert

Claudia Flores, Entertainment Editor April 26, 2018

Rap singer Cardi B will not be in El Paso to perform at Neon Desert after an announcement on her Instagram account. The rap star said that the Broccoli City Festival in Washington, DC this weekend would be her last performance for now. "Broccoli...

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Cardi B tells her unconventional rags to riches story on ‘Invasion of Privacy’

Michaela Román, Editor-In-Chief April 9, 2018

From growing up in poverty in the Bronx, to stripping in Manhattan, to leaving an abusive relationship, to reality TV, to becoming a social media influencer, to having the hottest hit of the summer and performing on SNL—like her or not, Cardi B has...

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SoundCloud rappers that blew up in 2017

SoundCloud rappers that blew up in 2017

Adrian Broaddus, Editor-In-Chief September 18, 2017

SKI MASK THE SLUMP GOD Ski Mask is a comic book hero turned rapper. He playfully crafts his style of fast bars and voice-bending verses—similar to that of Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes. He’s a close childhood friend of rapper XXXTENTACION, whom he met...

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“DAMN.” continues Kendrick Lamar’s successful run

“DAMN.” continues Kendrick Lamar’s successful run

Eddie Velazquez, Staff Reporter April 18, 2017

After experiencing stellar success with his universally acclaimed album, “To Pimp a Butterfly,” rap idol Kendrick Lamar returned to scene on April 14 with “DAMN.” The new self-referential project sees Lamar fully embracing his legacy, as he candidly...

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Hip-hop artists Schoolboy Q and Joey Bada$$ performed at the Buchannan’s Event Center on Sunday, Oct. 9.

Schoolboy Q makes second time in El Paso memorable

Adrian Broaddus, Sports Editor October 11, 2016

Bringing the Blank Face tour to El Paso, headlining rapper Schoolboy Q and opener Joey Bada$$ took Buchannan’s Event Center on Sunday, Oct. 9. The show was the tour’s last stop in Texas, as they had just traveled to Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and...

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Kanye West’s premired his album “The Life of Pablo,” which will not yet be sold in stores.

West tests artistic boundaries with “T.L.O.P”

Adrian Broaddus, Sports Editor February 16, 2016

The new Yeezy album revolves around peace, love and embracing music; the exact opposite of what Kanye West is known to make musically. Kanye’s seventh studio album, “The Life of Pablo,” implements bits of all his past critically acclaimed six albums...

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Mine Tracks

Adrian Broaddus, Staff Reporter October 6, 2015

When you mix the likes of Bon Iver and Andre 3000, and you fuse together jazzy soul music with hip hop and folk, then combine electric guitar with soothing rap, you get Raury, the 19-year-old artist straight out of Stone Mountain in East Atlanta. After...

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