Topic: Hip Hop
Hip Hop
has 22.3% among topics.
BS Score: 2.1%.
Articles analyzed: 4.
Words analyzed: 5,919.
Analyzed articles
CBC Arts
- By Nathan Chizen
- 6/4/2026, 7:52 PM
Biased Writer Voice 27.6% - Framing Effect 10.6% - Confirmation Bias 9%
At this year’s Roots Picnic, Jay-Z made perhaps his biggest return yet to the concert stage. Headlining a 90-minute set with a new hairstyle and performing with The Roots alongside him, he delivered an a capella freestyle taking aim at opposition like Drake, Nikki Minaj, and several others. But, he did so despite comments made in a... more
New York Daily News
- By Brian Niemietz
- 5/23/2026, 2:11 AM
Negativity Bias 37.9% - Halo Effect 37.4% - Anecdotal 33.7%
Rapper Rob Base — the voice behind the 1988 hit “It Takes Two” — has died. He was 59. “Today, we share the heartbreaking news that hip hop legend Rob Base passed away peacefully on May 22, 2026, surrounded by family after a private battle with cancer,” reads a message on the Harlem performer’s Instagram page. Along with DJ E-Z Rock, he... more
Gothamist
- By Giulia Heyward
- 4/27/2026, 10:10 PM
Appeal to Authority 38.8% - Negativity Bias 25.4% - Primacy Effect 12.5%
Another man has pleaded guilty more than two decades after the murder of Jason Mizell, known as Jam Master Jay, the DJ behind the Queens-based hip-hop group Run-DMC, authorities said. Jay Bryant, 52, pleaded guilty on Monday to his role in the 2002 murder, federal prosecutors said. Prosecutors said that while Run-DMC achieved early... more
Gothamist
- By Giulia Heyward
- 12/19/2025, 9:48 PM
A federal judge in Brooklyn overturned the conviction of one of the two men found guilty of murdering Jason Mizell, also known as Jam Master Jay, the DJ behind the legendary Queens-based hip-hop group Run-DMC. The ruling comes nearly two years after the same federal judge presided over a trial in which a jury found Karl Jordan Jr. guilty... more