The Rapper’s Art of Aging Gracefully

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With his 11th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, rapper Jay-Z seems poised for chart dominance in the weeks, and perhaps years, to come. Today, in the second part of a series on durability in music, we focus on rap and hip-hop, and what it means to be a middle-aged MC. Also: Chinese folk revivalists Hanggai share new interpretations of traditional Mongolian songs with a live performance.