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  Blog Happy December, As we close out the year, I wanted to focus this final blog on something that I noticed during the second week of December. During the Summer, I wrote a blog on the Kendrick Lamar-Drake feud. This December, Kendrick Lamar released a surprise album, GNX . It is his first hip hop album released not from his former record label, Top Dawg Entertainment. Another hip hop artist, Doechii is one of the up-and-coming hip hop artists out today and is one of my coworker’s favorite artists right now. I’ve also listened to her music and I became a fan. Listening to her music is very throwback to the 90’s Boom Bap style and for those that don’t know, 90’s Boom Bap will always be one of my favorite sub-genres in Hip Hop. She is signed to Top Dawg Entertainment and she released a mixtape this year called Alligator Bites Never Heal , which received critical acclaim. Kendrick’s album also received critical acclaim as well. A couple weeks later, after Kendrick was receiving pra...