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Singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez performs at the Beacon Theatre on April 7, 2013, in New York. Rodriguez, who became the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugarman” has died, according to the Sugarman.org website on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, and confirmed Wednesday by his granddaughter. He was 81. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

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Singer and songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, subject of 'Searching for Sugar Man' documentary, dies at 81
By COREY WILLIAMS - Associated Press
Wed,08/09/23-9:47AM , 295 Reads
DETROIT (AP) — Sixto Rodriguez, who lived in obscurity as his music career flamed out early in the U.S. only to find success in South Africa and a stardom he was unaware of, died Tuesday in Detroit. He was 81.
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Hip-hop and justice: Culture carries the spirit of protest, 50 years and counting
Wed,08/09/23-6:19AM , 123 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — In the early days of hip-hop, plugging turntables into a light post and converting an outdoor basketball court into a discotheque may have seemed like a simple invitation to party.
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Female rappers have been a part of hip-hop since its debut. Women have fought to shape their identification in hip-hop and demand recognition. (August 9)(AP Video: Sharon Johnson)

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Women battle misogyny to send hip-hop spinning in a new direction
By SHAR0N JOHNSON and NARDOS HAILE - Associated Press
Wed,08/09/23-6:16AM , 322 Reads
ATLANTA (AP) — Rasheeda Frost’s relationship with hip-hop started in 1981.

She was a kindergartener when her mother gave her a record player, and she would continuously spin it, not knowing what it was. Then her mom gave her a record from The Sugarhill Gang.
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AP correspondent Deepti Hajela reports on Hip-Hop Overview

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Hip-hop turns 50, reinventing itself and swaths of the world along the way
Wed,08/09/23-6:09AM , 184 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Hip-hop was born in the break — that moment when a song’s vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage.
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