Rap Music

North Jersey Media Group NorthJersey.com, NJ - 5 hours ago

Rap and hip-hop history play in the new sounds of The LOX, three high-profile artists coming together for the first time in four years in a live performance …

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Daily Sun

Pix: Sun News Publishing Daily Sun, Nigeria - 5 hours ago

By the time the group broke up and its former members went solo, the term gangsta rap had become entrenched in America's musical lexicon. …

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The Elements

With a 'comeback' album out, Wu-Tang dynasty just gets bigger and … Seattle Post Intelligencer - 1 hour ago

How the group became one of the most popular forces in urban music remains a wonderful mystery. It all started with RZA's five-year plan for the Wu to take …
The Clan, the Killah, and the Path to Global Domination TheStranger.com
Wu-Tang Clan reunites for a new album The Olympian
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Jay-Z To Step Down as Def Jam President San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - 2 hours ago

Rap mogul Jay-Z has stunned the music world by announcing his decision to step down as Def Jam Records president in 2008. The hitmaker, real name Shawn …
Jay-Z To The Out Forbes
NME News Jay Z to quit Def Jam NME.com
Jay-Z Steps Down as Def Jam Prez Actress Archives
ITN - New York Times
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Aussies get Grammy nod for Cuban rap music DVD Sunday Times.au, Australia - 27 Dec 2007

Dean Bates and Reuben Field scored a nod last week for music's most prestigious award for their DVD showcasing Cuban rap music, Liberacion – The Songs of …

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'Peep Show' in Kuwait's malls Kuwait Times, Kuwait - 3 hours ago

My problem is not with rap music in itself, it lies with the idiots here in Kuwait who are knowingly or unknowingly playing the filthiest of the filthiest …

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Sixshot.com

Rap Chart Movement: Lupe Fiasco Debuts Impressively, Chingy Flies Low Sixshot.com, Switzerland - 3 hours ago

Lupe Fiasco's sophomore album, The Cool , debuts at the top spot of Billboard's 'Top Rap Albums Chart' this week. The Cool sold 144000 copies in its opening …

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Staten Island Advance – SILive.com

REWIND: Music in 2007 Staten Island Advance – SILive.com, NY - 1 hour ago

… Down," with its strange hook and Lupe's militant refusal to lower the bar, may be the best hip-hop track of 2007–a pretty bad year for good rap music. …
REVIEW: Just Surrender at the Chance Times Herald-Record
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BBC Mundo

Innovador concierto en Irán BBC Mundo, UK - 1 hour ago

Despite those restrictions, over the last few years Iranian pop music has become more and more westernised. In a taxi you'll often hear house or rap music …

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SFStation.com

As word jousters, 'Great Debaters' cast sets the stage for rap Allentown Morning Call, PA - 2 hours ago

While debating isn't quite as popular today as it was back in the '30s and '40s, Washington thinks the tradition lives on in hip-hop and rap. …
Denzel Washington learns from rappers-of-the-30s The Great Debaters Georgia Straight
Washington Looks to Stay Behind Camera The Associated Press
Denzel Washington "The Great Debaters" Interview with Kam Williams NewsBlaze
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