Rodney Carmichael
Hip-Hop Journalist, NPR Music at NPR
hip-hop and inequality is my beat | 2024 NABJ Journalist of the Year with team @louderthanariot | NPR Music | email: [email protected]
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1 week ago |
wusf.org | Rodney Carmichael
Few music icons have consistently pulled magic — or unpredictable pivots — out the hat like André 3000. After a 30-year career spent defying expectations, his latest sleight of hand finds him moving the keys like Bob James. 7 piano sketches, his newly released surprise EP, follows up the instrumental turn he took on 2023's New Blue Sun with another non-rap project. This time out, he's traded in his bag of flutes for a less portable instrument.
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Feb 10, 2025 |
boisestatepublicradio.org | Rodney Carmichael
Lamar's performance was dense with narrative and guests, but for some, the weight of the show rested on one question: whether or not Lamar would play his hit "Not Like Us."
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Dec 16, 2024 |
npr.org | Rodney Carmichael
Every personal year-end list should begin with a disclaimer. Here's mine: Nothing below captures the range of my listening habits over the last 12 months. There's no ratio of new to old music consumption. Nothing that reveals how much rabbit holing, nostalgia waxing or sonic time traveling I engaged in. None of the seasonal faves streamed on repeat or lullabies, nursery rhymes and Disney theme-songs I suffered through for my kids' sake.
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Nov 28, 2024 |
wbur.org | Rodney Carmichael
How rap lyrics have been used in court casesThe trials for rappers Young Thug and Lil Durk have dominated headlines. While the cases are different, lyrics being used against them in the courtroom is the commonality. NPR’s Rodney Carmichael reports. This segment airs on November 28, 2024. Audio will be available after the broadcast.
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Nov 26, 2024 |
nhpr.org | Rodney Carmichael
The trials for rappers Young Thug and Lil Durk have dominated headlines and while the cases are different, lyrics being used against them in the courtroom is the commonality.
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