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Curly Castro Turns Blaxploitation Into Autobiography on Yaphet

The ShrapKnel MC's first solo album in five years pairs comic-book bravado with grief, over a Locust production run that moves from breakbeats to the future.

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Milwaukee's Lowend Grows Up Without Slowing Down

The city's clap-on-every-beat rap sound spent 2026 moving onto bigger stages, stranger hybrids and longer projects, while the DIY scene underneath kept building.