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GloRilla hardly deviates from her points of emphasis, lyrically, but in energy, she's giving something different at almost every turn. Courtesy of the Artist hide caption
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Santigold performs a Tiny Desk concert. Credit: Bob Boilen/NPR hide caption
Kevin Abstract reflects on BROCKHAMPTON on new song "The Ending." TORBEN CHRISTENSEN/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Masego returns with the new song "Say You Want Me." Benjamin Askinas hide caption
Despite the churlishness, or maybe because of it, Drake sounds, for the first time in a long time, like he's actually enjoying rapping. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of Vogue, at the 'Chanel Cruise 2017/2018 Collection' at Grand Palais on May 3, 2017 in Paris, France. The magazine is suing rappers Drake and 21 Savage for a violation of trademark rights. Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images hide caption
Drake and 21 Savage released an Instagram post on Oct. 30 promoting a fake Vogue magazine cover. Vogue's publisher Condé Nast is now suing both rappers for using the fake cover to promote their new album. Drake and 21 Savage/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Literally speaking, there would be no Migos without Takeoff. Rich Fury/Getty Images for Global Citizen hide caption
L.A. rapper YUNGMORPHEUS releases two new songs, "Figure-Four Leg Lock" and "Sonny's Triangle." Enkrypt Los Angeles hide caption
Drake performs in concert as part of the Summer Sixteen Tour in New York on Aug. 5, 2016. Charles Sykes/AP hide caption
Rappers Offset (from left), Quavo and Takeoff of the group Migos appear at a Met gala in 2018. Kirshnik Khari Ball, known professionally as Takeoff, died early Tuesday morning after gunshots were fired at a party in Houston. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images hide caption
Takeoff of hip-hop group Migos, performing onstage during Global Citizen Live on Sept. 25, 2021 in LA. Rich Fury/Getty Images for Global Citizen hide caption
Artists featured on the best music of October episode (from top left, clockwise): Maral, Open Mike Eagle, Natalia Lafourcade, Víkingur Ólafsson, Plains. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
NPR's favorite music of October, from ancestral grooves to hip-hop nostalgia
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Danger Mouse & Black Thought on World Cafe
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redveil taps Denzel Curry for the remix to his breakout track, "pg baby." Ethan Kwon hide caption
MAVI knows how to move along the bends, and with sharpened writing he's more plainspoken. Wyeth Collins hide caption
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Nicki Minaj, performing onstage at the 2022 MTV VMAs at Prudential Center on Aug. 28, 2022 in Newark, N.J. Theo Wargo/Getty Images for MTV/Paramount G hide caption