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Genius

Genius is a digital media company which allows users to interpret and annotate song lyrics, poetry and other documents. Launched in America by Tom Lehman, Ilan Zechory and Mahbod Moghadam in 2009, the site was originally called Rap Genius and focused on hip-hop. In 2014, it expanded to cover other genres and relaunched as Genius. 

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Tommy Boy At 35: Tom Silverman Talks Hip-Hop's Most Iconic Indie Label

Retrospective and Interview by Miles Marshall Lewis, Genius, 18 August 2016

A history of the brand that brought the world Afrika Bambaataa, De La Soul, and Queen Latifah. No account of early hip-hop industry is complete without ...

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