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The Endangered Species of Online Content Creators

We’re all dinosaurs and the asteroid is already in sight

Let’s get right to it. According to a report by the Europol Innovation Lab that leverages other books and articles, “Experts estimate that as much as 90% of online content may be synthetically generated by 2026. Synthetic media refers to media generated or manipulated using artificial intelligence (AI).”

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In Appreciation Of: Mos Def on “B-Boy Document ’99”

The last half of the 1990s was a period of major transition in hip-hop.

The game’s two biggest stars were gunned down and the genre’s mightiest record label crumbled.

From the ashes rose the shiny suit era, but there was something else bubbling underground. A cadre of small, independent record labels began releasing all types of rap as an entire new class of young, hungry artists burst onto the scene.

One of those labels was Rawkus Records and its roster included one of those artists, Mos Def.