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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