Rap Music

Accused killer's rap from the notorious Toronto “Don” jail played for a jury …
Betsy Powell Courts Bureau Prosecutors closed their case against Lamar Skeete on Monday by playing a profanity-laden audio recording of him rapping from the Toronto “Don” Jail after his arrest for murdering gentle giant Kenneth Mark.
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The Big Hurt: This month in rap ( . . . in 1992)
When NATALIE COLE's "Unforgettable" won Record of the Year during the February 26 ceremony, Pennsylvania's Reading Eagle newspaper blamed rap for driving audiences back to the past: What does all this mean? Some would suggest that the recordings of …
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Caught in the Net: Plane sailing for Kathryn Bint
The Chicagoan psychedelic folk singer (above), now based in London, trades under the moniker One Little Plane and has a new album out in May on Text Records, the label of Kieran Hebden (he of Four Tet). Hebden also produced the LP, Into the Trees, …
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Rap star Lil’ Wayne, nicknamed Weezy and whose album “I Am Not a Human Being” went straight to the top of the Billboard charts when released last week, has been released from prison. CBSNews.com’s Ken Lombardi reports.

nigga im bad,i got guns,i push drugs in the projects.nigga this,nigga that.lyrics these days offer nothing.ok maybe once it was hype but now?2pac shakur was a black MAN who was agonising about his brothers daily struggle.he believed in education as a way out of the ghetto.he would inspire positively.unfortunately most people dont follow his path.they wanna be 2pac the thug who became a rap star and NOT 2pac the man who struggled everyday with life and himself,trying to become a better individual.please pay attention to the lyrics and compare them to the lyrics from the current top 10 rap songs.i strongly believe that record companies runned by rich white or jew people,promote all this gangsta shit on purpose.why?because they prefer having people singing,i pop bottles,than singing about free medical care for all.
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