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Carrie Battan

Music

How SoundCloud Rap Took Everything

The trendy DIY teen hip-hop genre went from a goofy punch line to the preposterously lucrative engine driving a whole new golden age in the music biz. But, wow, is it messy.

Carrie Battan GQ Jan 2019 25min Permalink