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      Eminem, Dr. Dre, Mary J. Blige, and Snoop Dogg perform onstage during the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show

      NFL Embraces Hip-Hop, Despite Its Conflicted History

      Super Bowl halftimes have come a long way since Andy Williams and marching bands.

      Tony Norman
      Feb 15, 2022

      Sometime in the summer of 2023, the musical genre and lifestyle known as hip-hop will officially hit the half-century mark.

      The difference now is that they've made their peace with hip-hop's critique of white privilege, its nonconformity, its own problematic narratives around gender and violence, its uncompromising Black aesthetic, its joy of innovation and its unpredictable irreverence.

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      Anthony Miller #17 of the Chicago Bears kneels in the end zone before the game against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field on September 13, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan

      Taking the Next Knee

      Is this athletic revolt for real and is it a danger to Donald Trump?

      Robert Lipsyte
      Sep 17, 2020

      Last year, when LeBron James described some of President Trump's public statements as "laughable and scary," Fox News commentator Laura Ingraham ordered the basketball superstar to "shut up and dribble."

      LeBron responded thoughtfully by saying that her comment "resonated with me, but I think it resonated with a lot of people to be able to feel like they can be more."

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      The Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs linked arms in a show of racial unity on Thursday night before playing the first game of the 2020 NFL season, and were met with booing by fans

      Booing by Fans Shows Objections to NFL Protests 'Was Always About Perpetuating White Supremacy'

      "In the past, folks have claimed to be turned off by the Kaepernick-led protests because they disrespected the flag or the troops or the anthem or the country, or all of the above. That excuse is not applicable for the fans' ugly display Thursday night."

      Julia Conley
      Sep 11, 2020

      Following the political right's outcry in recent years over professional athletes' civil disobedience and calls for racial justice, even a measured show of unity by two opposing NFL teams Thursday night was not a neutral enough gesture to satisfy some football fans in Kansas City.

      Fans in the city's Arrowhead Stadium were heard loudly booing as players from the Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans linked arms and observed a moment of silence "dedicated to the ongoing fight for equality in our country."

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