Rap Music

Diddy and his band turn a lackluster high school prom into a guitar-smashing, ‘Bad Boy’ production. www.badboyforever.com http www.badboyonline.com
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From Led Zepplin’s Kashmir, heres Puff Daddy’s (or Diddy’s) song, “Come With Me”

FARC Rap About Peace Talks
A rap video released by Colombian guerrilla group the FARC expresses a defiant position towards the peace talks set to begin in Norway in October, and continues the rebels' tradition of releasing musical propaganda. The nearly-five minute video shows a …
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Billy Dib is Confident TMT Deal Will Change His Life
WORLD boxing champion Billy Dib described his deal to be promoted by rap singer 50 Cent and boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather jnr as ''life changing'' but he vowed the bright lights and bling would not change him. Dib was identified by 50 Cent as the …
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Can We Stop Pretending We Care About 50 Cent?
So was Puff Daddy and friends sampling the most obvious hits with little panache. And, the 50 Cent of his 50 Cent Is The Future mixtape era, rapping over other peoples' beats and talking unprecedented levels of shit, was too. Those were all "Oh wait …
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Today's Top Trending Twitter Topics: Jon Lord, Marissa Mayer, songs, texts …
A passion for music has driven phonic fans to share their favourite tunes with the world via the self-explanatory #SongsThatGiveYouGoosebumps tag, with suggestions ranging from Missing you by Puff Daddy to Rolling Stones track, The Weekend. The eternal …
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Top 5 Dead Or Alive: The Best Workout Songs Ever
Puff Daddy & The Notorious B.I.G, Victory 1. Puff Daddy & The Notorious B.I.G, Victory Artists: Notorious B.I.G, Puff Daddy, Busta Rhymes Song: "Victory" Good For: Hitting the heavy bag, performing like Mike (anyone: Tyson, Jordan, Jackson). The song …
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Music Video for “It’s all about the benjamins” featuring lil Kim, the lox, the Notorious BIG from puff’s album ” No way out ” , 1998. It’s All About the Benjamins” is best known as the fourth single released from the Puff Daddy album No Way Out. The song is about living rich and the importance of having money. “Benjamins” are slang for 0 bills (USD), a reference to Benjamin Franklin’s image on the bills. The song created a pop-culture phrase and influenced the title for the film All about the Benjamins. The song originated from a mixtape debuted by DJ Clue. This version of the song only featured Puff Daddy and the rap act The Lox (excluding Styles P). The song was later added to Puffy’s debut album, No Way Out, in a remix, “It’s All about the Benjamins (Remix)”, which added two new verses by Lil Kim and the late Notorious BIG This version of the song also omitted the word “Hebrew” out of Jadakiss’ verse. This single made it to No. 2 on the Billboard charts and its video won a “Viewer’s Choice” award at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards show. Due to the rarity of the obscure mixtape version, the remix featured on No Way Out is often considered the song’s original version to avoid confusion. The song samples two other pieces of music. The first sample heard up to the end of Lil Kim’s verse is taken from the song “I Did It For Love” by the Love Unlimited Orchestra. The verse performed by Notorious BIG contains a sample from the Jackson 5 song “It’s Great to Be Here.” This …

Latest technology raising questions about IP rights of celebrity images
When rapper Tupac Shakur took the stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival…
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Lil Wayne Took His Time With Human Being II LP
… facing his 25th hour when trying to put a cap on his I Am Not a Human Being album and even though he had to rush the album's recording before turning himself in for an eight-month long jail stint, Weezy became the first artist since Tupac Shakur to …
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Charlamagne Tha God Asks "What If Funkmaster Flex Told The Truth?" [VIDEO]
The Breakfast Club host drops a video asking rhetorical questions aimed at Flex that involves charges of dry snitching, woman beating and getting approached by the goons for disrespectful commentary aimed at the late Tupac Shakur. "What if Funkmaster …
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The rap mogul was lucky enough to have gotten to know Whitney Houston. He discussed his experience with the icon and told Ellen about her spirit.

Rising rap star King Louie performs and talks about his upcoming album, his …
If you don't know Louie's music now, you soon will. (Some adult language, so use headphones at work.) (The next Interview Show is May 3, 2012, at Union Hall in Brooklyn. Guests included writer Chuck Klosterman and Delocated star Jon Glaser.
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Thursday Music Menu: Tragedy, Mac Lethal, Gentleman Jesse, Star Slinger
Never fear, fans of hardcore, rap, punk and dance music — we've got your Thursday music menu. 10 pm at Carabar, 115 Parsons Ave. with Struck By Lightning, Silo and Nukkehammer Who are they? Legendary hardcore band of the “crust punk” and “d-beat” …
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Fat Trel: D.C. Heavy Hitter Aims to Blow Up on His Own Terms
The DC/Maryland/Virginia region itself has never had a bona fide rap star outside of Wale, someone many locals don't claim. "I'm always gon' still be considered a DMV artist, and it's a lot of DMV artists I fuck with here," Trel says, …
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Killer Mike On 'RAP Music' Album: 'I'm Talking About Justice For America'
His May 15 release, "RAP Music" (Williams Street Records), is no different. Killer Mike looks to build on his growing critical acclaim while bringing a heightened social awareness to fans, old and new alike. "My hope is that very young people in …
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'Mob Wives': Drita raps professionally, Big Ang's addicted to Botox
It's not that Drita is completely new to rapping, but on the latest “Mob Wives” episode, Drita decided to actually drop some rhymes professionally. On the show, Drita was excited to work on a music video with Bad Boy rapper French Montana.
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New York Back: Hip-Hop's Return to Power in the Mecca
By the end of that year, hopes for rap music in the mecca were dwindling as Jay-Z “retired,” opening the floodgates for a decade of Southern dominance. By 2006, rap's New York–centric status quo was a wrap. Three 6 Mafia took an Academy Award home to …
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Youths say 'so what?' about black history
The poet, Lesane Parish Crooks, later renamed Tupac Shakur, wrote in his poem, "The Rose That Grew from Concrete," "Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else …
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Rap mogul arrested on drug, traffic charges
Knight, who grew up in the Los Angeles area, was co-founder of Death Row Records, which helped make stars out of rappers such as Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur. Knight was at the wheel of the car in which Shakur was shot and killed in 1996 in Las …
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Terror plot suspect was a loner who made up rap songs about bombs and grew …
Those who know Osmakac said he mostly kept to himself in high school who loved rap music and rapped about bombs and killing in a song he made with a friend. As he grew older, they said, he grew increasingly confrontational: One Tampa-area activist said …
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Arrested Development and Ska-kings The Beat to play in Dubai
Gangster rap had become the dominant flavour and songs about social empowerment were pushed aside by radios and television for bouncy tales of gun play. Speech admits the disappointing reception to Zingalamaduni caused the group to split in 1996 before …
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