'Gatsby' Adaptation Is Not So Great
Jakarta Globe
The result is a misplaced wink toward the Gangsta Rap dream crossbred with retrofitted hipster doofuses. Fortunately, this foray into hipness does not stretch through the whole length of the film, and soon enough drops the beat, so to speak. The

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'Gatsby' Adaptation Is Not So Great
Jakarta Globe
The result is a misplaced wink toward the Gangsta Rap dream crossbred with retrofitted hipster doofuses. Fortunately, this foray into hipness does not stretch through the whole length of the film, and soon enough drops the beat, so to speak. The

and more »

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Las Vegas Review-Journal (blog)
Friends, music, films keep Ice Cube hot
Las Vegas Review-Journal (blog)
For sure, Ice Cube and Ice-T are the George Washingtons of gangsta rap. But this week, Cube is in Vegas touring with different legendary friends — LL Cool J, Public Enemy and De La Soul. That's Friday at the Hard Rock Hotel ($49.50-$70). “LL was my
Kings of the Mic TourLas Vegas CityLife



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Las Vegas Review-Journal (blog)
Friends, music, films keep Ice Cube hot
Las Vegas Review-Journal (blog)
For sure, Ice Cube and Ice-T are the George Washingtons of gangsta rap. But this week, Cube is in Vegas touring with different legendary friends — LL Cool J, Public Enemy and De La Soul. That's Friday at the Hard Rock Hotel ($49.50-$70). “LL was my
Kings of the Mic TourLas Vegas CityLife



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IT's A Rap May 23
Lasentinel
ODB will be coming out during the Wu-Tang Clan's set and Eazy-E will be keeping it gangsta with Bone Thugs N Harmony. The reactions to the announcement have been mixed with some expressing outrage while other fans seem pleased with the notion.

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San Francisco Examiner
LL Cool J is back in the rap game
San Francisco Examiner
“Acting is great, and when I have time, I'll get out and do my music … and give people that side of my world.” For “Authentic,” LL Cool J teamed up with a group of artists not traditionally associated with rap: Eddie Van Halen; Earth, Wind and Fire

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Las Vegas CityLife
Kings of the Mic Tour
Las Vegas CityLife
Gangsta rap leads back to Ice Cube (and the seminal group he helped found, NWA). Women were pinning posters and magazine cutouts of LL Cool J the same way their daughters now fill their Tumblr accounts with Drake and Usher jpegs. And then there's

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Second man facing first-degree murder charge in death of Tim Bosma as 1500
National Post
Mr. Smich is described as tall and lanky, fond of baggy clothing, attempting to copy the 'gangsta' look. He liked to recite violent rap lyrics and mimic violent poses of street gang members. “We have now identified the second male who attended Mr

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Rap-Up.com
New Music: Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, & Jay Rock – 'UOENO
Rap-Up.com
To celebrate the kickoff of his “good kid, m.A.A.d city” tour tonight, Kendrick Lamar releases the Black Hippy remix to Rocko's “U.O.E.N.O.” featuring ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, and Jay Rock. The West Coast MCs join a growing list of rappers who have

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Q&A: Eve On Her Comback Album 'Lip Lock' & Rap's New Female Stars
Radio.com News
6 on the Billboard 200 album chart, thanks to the Alicia Keys-assisted, No. 2 single “Gangsta Lovin'.” Now more than a decade later, the woman once known as the “First Lady” of the Ruff Ryders hip-hop crew led by rapper DMX is back with her fourth

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