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Is This The End For ‘Urban’ Music?

June 17, 2020July 17, 2021
Photo by Jasper James / Getty Images
Photo by Jasper James / Getty Images

Despite an enduring debate around the name, it is, for many, still unclear what precisely constitutes the genre of “urban contemporary,” and how or why the meaning of the term has migrated over the last several decades. Industry stakeholders have been pushing to change the name since at least 2018.

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