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Middle 8 looks at how “Something weird is happening in hip-hop”
Budding YouTube channel Middle 8 (674K+ subscribers) drops an in-depth, entertaining look at how “Something weird is happening in hip-hop.” Video chapters include A Genre in Fatigue, The Commercialization of Hip-Hop, An Avant-Garde Revolution, Hip-Hop’s New Punk, and It Could Be Way Weirder. “Join me as I explore the transformation of hip-hop, a genre showing signs of fatigue yet simultaneously bubbling with avant-garde experiments.” – Middle 8
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