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Music

Original Gangstas: Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, and the Birth of West Coast Rap

by Kahron Spearman June 15, 2017September 30, 2025

Music

Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp A Butterfly

Compton MC takes a quantum leap forward

by Kahron Spearman March 17, 2015September 30, 2025

Music

Fight the Power

The deafening silence of rap in times of need

by Kahron Spearman December 1, 2014September 30, 2025

Arts

Who Killed Tupac?

And why should you, after all this time, care?

by W. A. Brenner January 20, 2012December 24, 2025

Arts

New in Print

Get radicalized: About to Die examines news imagery at the moment of death, while The Verso Book of Dissent spans Zola and Tupac

by Richard Whittaker December 17, 2010September 30, 2025

Arts

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

by Chronicle Staff December 15, 2000September 30, 2025

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