Archive for June, 2008

Ty: 'Hip-hop has no culture'
Independent, UK - 3 hours ago


That said, Ty is less enthusiastic about praising present-day rap music and the very UK industry he says hasn't allowed him to gain in the mainstream.

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Young rapper Tyga finds mentor in Lil Wayne
Kuwait Times, Kuwait - 9 hours ago


Though Tyga hails from a part of Los Angeles associated with gang violence, he says his rhymes don't align with gangsta rap stereotypes. Since he was 12,

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DailyNewsOnline
Gurumo, Marlow win K’njaro Music Awards
DailyNewsOnline, United Republic of Tanzania - 2 hours ago


Emerging star Chidi Beenz retained the Best Rap artist award. Beenz was highly criticized last year that he fluked. However, he proved beyond reasonable

Original post by rap music – Google News and software by Elliott Back

Cometti takes gangsta rap to new level
The Age, Australia - 5 hours ago


Among these, one may well include Dennis Cometti's recent quotation of a lyric by "original gangsta", and latter-day TV policeman, Ice-T. What he said,

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BBC News
Amy Winehouse 'lashes out' at fan
BBC News, UK - 3 hours ago


Regardless of whether you are a rap fan, rock fan or pop fan, music should be something that brings every one of us together. Jay-Z has sold 50 million

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Hate will always exist, but hope exists here, too
The Register-Guard, OR - 4 hours ago


When James Dobson works himself into a froth over Obama’s audacity in invoking the Bible for a progressive agenda, when Fox News has to use gansta-rap lingo

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NEWS.com.au
'Awesome' Jay-Z beats Noel's rap
guardian.co.uk, UK - 4 hours ago


'There are different types of music and it is good that they are showcasing them here,' said Londoner Atticus Pappin, 17. But others were less ready to
Jay-Z mocks Oasis in Glasto set InTheNews.co.uk
Does the Glastonbury Festival Still Rock? TIME
Glastonbury Festival 2008: Saturday's highlights Bridgwater Mercury
The Sun - Independent
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Mz Fontaine..first out UK lesbian rapper
AfterEllen.com - 5 hours ago


BEC CHALKLEY chills with Mz Fontaine, the UK’s first out lesbian rapper ‘People say my photos make me look like a gangsta,’ laughs Mz Fontaine,

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Jamming and the brain
Baltimore Sun, United States - 6 hours ago


Freestyle rap is another example. Rap and jazz have a lot of analogies socially. Freestyle rappers, if they're good, improvise their raps on the spot.

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The Virginian-Pilot
Other festivals use contracts to keep blue words offstage
The Virginian-Pilot, VA - 5 hours ago


Riley is the lead singer for the rap group The Coup. At the June 21 evening concert, he was introducing a band called Galactic when he used a variation of

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