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    That's A Wrap: Kanye's Koans, K-Dot's Prize, Drake's 'Scorpion,' J. Cole's 'K.O.D.'

    Hip-hop has been everywhere this week, with the genre's biggest stars teasing surprise album releases — oh, and winning historic Pulitzer Prizes.
    by Rodney Carmichael Apr 19, 2018 2 minutes
    Kanye West returned to Twitter this week to post aphorisms... and announce several new albums, including one from Pusha-T (left).

    Forget that old adage about hip-hop being a product of the streets. Nowadays, if you really want to keep your finger on the pulse, you better follow the tweets.

    Consider the events this week in rap as exhibits A, B, C and D: In the last five days, three of the biggest, most elusive

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