Hip-hop is having a triumphant year. Migos’ “Culture,” Drake’s “More Life,” Future’s “Future” and “HNDRXX,” Kodak Black’s “Painting Pictures,” Joey Bada$$’ “All-Amerikkkan Bada$$” and Kendrick Lamar’s “DAMN.” have all dropped in 2017’s first five months.

One of the greatest years in hip-hop history was 1999. Mos Def (“Black on Both Sides”) and The Roots (“Things Fall Apart”) delivered their respective magnum opuses. Dr. Dre’s aptly-titled “2001” was ahead of its time, as was the debut from his latest protege, Eminem. Method Man and Redman dropped “Blackout!,” Jay-Z released “Vol. 3,” and the first-ever Coachella Music Festival shoved DJ Shadow and some other scratchers into its two smallest tents.

A banner year for the Sonoma State University Art Gallery will end with a bang. The gallery’s annual BFA show, which exhibits work from students graduating from the school’s Bachelor of Fine Arts program, will open on April 27 at 4 p.m. with a reception until 6 p.m.

It doesn’t really matter how much money a movie makes. At least it shouldn’t to those who judge art on aesthetic and conceptual merits. When Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” surpassed the $150 million mark though, it mattered. The film became the highest-grossing debut from a writer-director with an original screenplay, breaking a record previously held by “The Blair Witch Project.”