It was all a stream: hip-hop's new music model may actually work

As Tidal and Apple Music offer exclusives featuring the genre’s top artists, has hip-hop figured out how to make fans actually pay for music again?I listen to new music all the time, but pay very little for it. Part of that is owing to the perks of being a hip-hop writer, but mostly it’s because I’ve long subscribed to streaming services. Ten bucks a month covers much of my needs, and YouTube fills in most gaps. Here and there I’ll support an artist I admire by buying the