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'Unsolved' and 'Atlanta' are apt but different depictions of hip-hop culture.

The rap game, and hip-hop culture, are at the core of two cable series hitting airwaves this week - one a newcomer that arrived with little fanfare and the other a returning favorite with sky-high expectations.

USA Network's scripted, true crime serial "Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.," is set around hip-hop's golden age, the 1990s, when artists such as Lauryn Hill, Nas and Jay-Z broke music and color barriers with game-changing albums. It looks at the demise of the genre's top talent, young men

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