Is Hip Hop Dead https://ishiphopdead.com/ Where hip hop and black culture meets. Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:25:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://ishiphopdead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/cropped-Logo-32x32.png Blog https://ishiphopdead.com/ 32 32 How Music Streaming Services Took Over the Music Industry https://ishiphopdead.com/how-streaming-services-took-over-the-music-industry/ https://ishiphopdead.com/how-streaming-services-took-over-the-music-industry/#respond Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:25:24 +0000 https://ishiphopdead.com/?p=18738 Music streaming services have become a staple in the economy and control the music business. Open your favorite music app, press play, and millions of songs appear in seconds. Convenient? Absolutely. But behind that convenience, the steaming music industry has quietly rewritten the rules of who gets heard. And who gets paid. Today, platforms like […]

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]]> https://ishiphopdead.com/is-ai-generated-music-destroying-the-music-industry-the-truth-about-musicians-copyright-and-creativity/feed/ 0 The Osage Tribe and Killers of The Flower Moon https://ishiphopdead.com/the-osage-tribe-and-killers-of-the-flower-moon/ https://ishiphopdead.com/the-osage-tribe-and-killers-of-the-flower-moon/#respond Sat, 14 Feb 2026 17:46:38 +0000 https://ishiphopdead.com/?p=18619 The Osage Tribe Killers of The Flower Moon is hidden history.  This is a must see for those who are into history and culture. The story of the Osage Indians have been buried for sometime and is now being told by Martin Scorsese.  Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Lily Gladstone brought a wide range […]

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