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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

NLE Choppa arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

NLE Choppa set to headline Fall Fest 2024

By Jiya Narwal, Staff Writer September 10, 2024

Pitt Program Council has officially announced that NLE Choppa will headline Fall Fest, one of PPC’s most anticipated events of the semester. Students are invited to Schenley Drive on Sunday, Oct. 6,...

Review | Bando Stone and The New World, A Final Send-Off To Childish Gambino

Review | Bando Stone and The New World, A Final Send-Off To Childish Gambino

By Quinn Cilea, Culture Editor September 5, 2024

Donald Glover is one of the most talented people in the entertainment industry. He’s a seasoned actor, a decorated writer, director, producer and an extremely talented musical artist. But if one were...

Childish Gambino performs at PPG Arena as a part of his "New World Tour"

Childish Gambino brings his final tour to PPG Paints

By Gabriela Herring, Staff Writer August 28, 2024

Grammy Award-winning rapper Donald Glover, known by his project name Childish Gambino, took the stage last Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena for the Pittsburgh stop of “The New World Tour” in support of...

Kendrick Lamar on stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival April 23, 2017. Lamar won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his album “DAMN.” (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Review | Drake and Kendrick Lamar Beef

By Quinn Cilea, Culture Editor May 21, 2024
Drake and Kendrick Lamar have become the most recent rap beef, with the pair trading punches and competing to see who can punch lower
Common performs his first rap for the audience on Tuesday evening in the William Pitt Union Assembly Room.

Rapper Common discusses artistry and activism

By Evan Fuccio, Staff Photographer March 4, 2024

Pitt Program Council and Black Action Society hosted Common, also known as Lonnie Lynn, for a moderated Q & A on Tuesday evening in the William Pitt Union Assembly Room. The evening covered much of...

Members of Music Production Club perform at a house music show.

Pitt’s music production club allows students to learn about the ins and outs of producing music

By Serena Garcia, Senior Staff Writer March 15, 2023
For its members, the music production club at Pitt is a place for students passionate about creating music to share, collaborate and learn techniques from one another.
Jimmy Wopo, an up-and-coming rapper based in Pittsburgh, was fatally shot in the Hill District June 18. He was 21. (Courtesy of Taylor Maglin)

Jimmy Wopo: The man behind the music

By Hannah Schneider, Contributing Editor June 26, 2018

Local rapper Travon Smart — known by his stage name, Jimmy Wopo — was fatally shot last Monday afternoon at the age of 21. The shooting took place in the Middle Hill neighborhood — the very neighborhood...

Kendrick Lamar on stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival April 23, 2017. Lamar won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his album “DAMN.” (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Editorial: Hip-hop’s presence in Pulitzer Prize long overdue

By The Pitt News Editorial Board April 18, 2018

When perusing a list of past Pulitzer Prize for Music award winners and their compositions, it’s not hard to spot Kendrick Lamar’s presence. His 2017 album, “DAMN.,” dropped onto the list with...

Konstantinos Pelechrinis, associate professor at the School of Computing and Information, discusses the future of smart city planning at Saturday’s TEDx University of Pittsburgh event. (Photo courtesy of Ian Callahan)

Students rethink society at annual TedX event

Growing up in the South Side of Chicago, Jasiri Oronde Smith’s childhood was “100 percent black.” His friends, his neighbors and his family were all African-American. Then his family moved to...

Tyler, the Creator performs “Foreword” off his most recent album “Flower Boy” Tuesday night at Stage AE. (Photo by Elise Lavallee | Contributing Editor)

Review: Tyler the Creator takes over Stage AE with trademark performance

By Charlie Garcia-Weger | For The Pitt News February 22, 2018

The only venue you’d expect to see an act like Tyler, the Creator performing in Pittsburgh is Stage AE. And the only rapper that wouldn’t even think about the title of the concert hall until five songs...

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