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- Artists like Dru Hill and Rick Ross will perform at AFRAM 2019 at Druid Hill Park starting Aug. 10.
- Dru Hill performed at last year's AFRAM festival in Druid Hill Park and will perform again this year, along with acts such as Rick Ross Teddy Riley.
- Two recent Baltimore rap songs, President Davo and Young Moose's 'Rainy Days' and Lil Saint and Lor Chris' 'I Hate Y'All Niggas,' wrestle with Freddie Gray's death months later, along with the day-to-day stress of living in Baltimore.
- The news reads like it is a good time to be Wale, but during a frank phone conversation last week, the rapper -- who headlines Baltimore Soundstage on Friday -- sounded defeated, unhappy and uncertain about his future in music.
- A small but growing number of Baltimore artists are helping challenge hip-hop's homophobia