A Hip-Hop Soundtrack For A Musical About Alexander Hamilton? Sure, Why Not? : Code Switch : NPR
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The new musical about the U.S.'s Founding Fathers — set to a mostly hip-hop score — that everyone's been talking about for months and months finally opens officially on Broadway Thursday night.
The new musical about the U.S.'s Founding Fathers — set to a mostly hip-hop score — that everyone's been talking about for months and months finally opens officially on Broadway Thursday night.
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A Hip-Hop Soundtrack For A Musical About Alexander Hamilton? Sure
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