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Nov 2023
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Hip-hop at 50: rap music’s history in Qu...

CBC
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As part of our series celebrating hip-hop at 50, CBC broadcaster and emcee Nantali Indongo joins host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to explore hip-hop's musical history in La Belle Province, and the role language played in the rise of some of its most noteworthy rap acts. 
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