Batiste re-imagines Beethoven compositions in his new album. It's "not that the original wasn't great and transcendent..." he says. "But there's also a lot of things since then that have happened." ...
Yet what sets Copeland apart is how she zeroes in on social issues, from racism to gun violence to corrupt politicians. If rap began as “the CNN of the ghetto,” to quote Chuck D, then Copeland is the ...