A Brief History of Desire, Lust, and Longing in Rap

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A Brief History of Desire, Lust, and Longing in Rap

The list we present here follows love’s movement through nearly four decades of hiphop, from Man Parrish to Missy Elliott. by Charles Mudede Illustrations by Jordan Kay The early ’80s were not exactly the best time for love and romance in rap. And with good reason. Most of the rappers, in a genre that was just 10 years old, were male and fresh out of puberty (if not still in it). The surge of women (or mature) rappers had to wait for the second …